General Information
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 Title:                  Magic's Child
 Author:                 Justine Larbalestier
 Read By:                Alison Larkin
 Copyright:              2007
 Audiobook Copyright:    2008
 Genre:                  YA Fantasy
 Publisher:              Penguin
 Series Name:            Magic Or Madness
 Position in Series:     03
 Abridged:               No

Original Media Information
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 Media:                  Audible
 Number:                 1
 Source:                 Enhanced

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 Total Duration:         7:25:24
 Total MP3 Size:         204.31
 Encoded With:           LAME 3.97
 Encoded At:             CBR 64 kbit/s 44100 Hz Mono
 Normalize:              MP3Gain, Track 89dB
 Noise Reduction:        None
 ID3 Tags:               Set, v1.1, v2.3

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Book Description
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Recommended for ages 13 and up

Book Description
In the third installment in the Magic or Madness trilogy, the people 
Reason Cansino loves most are all in danger. Reason’s mother, Sarafina, 
has disappeared from the mental hospital in Sydney with Reason’s evil 
grandfather, Jason Blake. Jay-Tee, the closest thing Reason has to a 
best friend, has used all of her magic and faces death at any moment. 
Only Reason can find the answers within her family’s magic to save everyone 
who matters most to her.

Magic’s Child is a satisfying and thrilling conclusion to a breakout 
trilogy that launched to multiple starred reviews and earned spots on 
the 2006 BBYA final list, as well as the Locus 2005 Recommended Reading 
List. 



From Booklist
Previously in the Magic or Madness trilogy, a godlike ancestor has made 
15-year-old Reason immune to magic's double-edged sword (use it and 
face early death, or abstain and go "bat-shit crazy"). However, plenty 
of other dilemmas keep her occupied in this, the series finale. Pregnant 
and rejected by the baby's father, Reason faces concerns about the future 
and untrustworthy elders who covet her new powers. Throughout, magic 
emerges as a potent emblem of personal identity, as Reason and friends 
Jay-Tee and Tom, each speaking in turn, express joy in their abilities 
and horror at losing them, like "being all three-dimensional and colorful 
and waking up 2-D and gray." In the end, the story doesn't quite hang 
together, hampered by too many incidental scenes and rehashings of the 
series' central conflicts. However, the inventive premise and amiable 
teen characters, whose immediate language brings everything down to 
earth ("How the hell do you tell someone that you're magic?"), give 
reason to hope for more from Larbalestier as her storytelling powers 
mature. Jennifer Mattson


About the Author
Justine Larbalestier lives in Sydney, Australia, and New York City.

