by Susan Cooper · Hodder Children's Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340911105
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«The Magician's Boy» is Susan Cooper's children's fantasy novel, published by Hodder Children's Books in paperback (112 pages, in English).
The boy who works for a magician, polishing wands and caring for rabbits, longs to learn magic, but his favorite task is the puppets in the play of Saint George and the Dragon. When the figure of Saint George disappears, the magician sends him to the Land of Story to retrieve it. There he will have adventures with fairy-tale characters that will change his life forever.
Originally published on September 15, 2005. First edition.
Recommended for children aged 6 and up, it works very well as a read-aloud and as a first introduction to traditional tales and rhymes.
Susan Mary Cooper is an English author of children's books. She is best known for The Dark Is Rising, a contemporary fantasy series set in England and Wales, which incorporates British mythology such as the Arthurian legends and Welsh folk heroes. For that work, in 2012 she won the lifetime Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association, recognizing her contribution to writing for teens. In the 1970s two of the five novels were named the year's best English-language book with an "authentic Welsh background" by the Welsh Books Council. In 2024, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her the 40th Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master in recognition of her significant contributions to the literature of science fiction and fantasy.
