![]() ![]() Septimus Heap, Book One: Magyk by Angie Sage.What has she done to these animals and children? Review by Stacy Church This is science fiction at it's best - Danny's mother has a lab where she performs secret experiments. When they finally arrive at Danny's mother's they find an unbelievable situation involving talking animals and a girl who looks just as strange as Danny but seems to possess super powers. Most of the book recounts their journey from Ireland to Scotland and the people they meet, including a homeless girl who joins in with them and a talking dog named Oggie who helps guide them. There is an oil shortage and buses have been cancelled, trains are running sporadically and finally car travel is banned completely. ![]() The journey turns out to be long and difficult. Christie does care about Danny and has learned some ways of helping him cope with his emotional difficulties, so when a talking starling appears in Danny's room, and Danny says they're leaving to go to his mother's in Scotland, Christie feels compelled to follow him. ![]() The main character is 15-year-old Christie, who is angry and resentful of his new stepfather and his older stepbrother, Danny, who is mentally disabled. The beginning of this book was slow, but I kept on reading and I'm glad I did. This is book one of The Missing Link Trilogy and I, for one, am eagerly awaiting book two. ![]()
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