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November 12, 2008 by Esther Keller

Avalon web of magic

November 12, 2008 by Esther Keller   12 comments

Mix a little friendship, magic & mystique, and a dash of adventure to create a fun series for tweens.

Avalon web of magic
By Rachel Roberts
Seven Seas Entertainment

V. 1 Circles in the stream
211 p. ISBN 978-1933164-66-3 $5.95

V. 2 All that glitters
184 p. ISBN 978-1-933164-67-0 $5.95

V. 3 Cry of the wolf
216 p. ISBN 978-1-933164-70-0 $5.95

In volume 1 we meet Emily who’s moved to a new town and is feeling lonely and far away from her father.  When an unusual cat comes to her mother’s veterinary clinic with even more unusual injuries, Emily feels pulled to care for him. The cat leads Emily to the Ravenswood Wildlife preserve where she meets Adrianne.  Together, the girls notice that the forest animals bear similar injuries to the cat Emily has been caring for.  In their search for answers they discover a portal to another world.  They meet Phel, a magical purple bear, and Ozzy, a talking ferret who in his world is an elf.  (Ozzy is my favorite character, and now I want an elf – turned talking ferret- as my next pet.)  Ozzy was sent to their world to find three mages (magic users), a warrior, a healer, and a blazing star. The girls wonder if they are the ones, but who is the blazing star?  Can it be Kara, the mayor’s obnoxious daughter?  Can they save the animals and the Ravenswood wildlife preserve?

By volume 2, the girls have saved Ravenswood from becoming a golf course and Kara is concerned that she is the only one of the girls that doesn’t have a magic stone.  She is also trying to balance her new friends and old friends. It doesn’t help that a giant cat has shown up in school, stalking her.  Or those weird little flying things keep popping up in odd places. While the cat and dragonflies are merely nuisances, the scary old hags that keep trying to get to her are downright scary.

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In volume 3, Adrianne’s mistwolf, discovers she is not the last of her kind and leaves to go be with them. Adrianne is heartbroken, and can’t bear the lost connection and so she follows Stormbringer through a portal where she faces the dark magic, and evil sorceress that is trying to capture all magic, head on.

This is the first 3 of a 12 book series about the three girls who are destined to find Avalon and save all magic. The books are fun adventurous reads, sprinkled generously with manga-style drawings.  (The series is being adapted into manga. Volume 1, according to books in print, will be released in May 2009.)  The author has very positive messages about the environment and taking care of animals – and while it was apparent, it was not heavy-handed. For those readers who like fantasy, but don’t want anything to heavy, this is the perfect series.  Recommended for ages 9-13.

This review is based on a complimentary reading copies supplied by the publisher. All images copyright © Seven Seas Entertainment.

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About Esther Keller

Esther Keller is the librarian at JHS 278, Marine Park in Brooklyn, NY. There she started the library's first graphic novel collection and strongly advocated for using comics in the classroom. She also curates the Graphic Novel collection for the NYC DOE Citywide Digital Library. She started her career at the Brooklyn Public Library and later jumped ship to the school system so she could have summer vacation and a job that would align with a growing family's schedule. On the side, she is a mother of 4 and regularly reviews for SLJ and School Library Connection (formerly LMC). In her past life, she served on the Great Graphic Novels for Teens Committee where she solidified her love and dedication to comics.

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Comments

  1. alana says

    November 19, 2008 at 6:34 pm

    i think that cry of the wolf is the most exiting of all three of these books. Adriane is my favorite caractor

  2. jamie says

    January 29, 2009 at 7:45 am

    my favourite book is secret of thr unicorn becuase emily is my favorite character.

  3. cheap propecia says

    May 30, 2009 at 5:38 pm

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  4. Shannon/Adriane says

    August 16, 2009 at 8:26 pm

    WOOO! ON BOOK 9! GO ADRIANE!

  5. Karly says

    September 7, 2009 at 7:42 am

    My personal fav is book 10. Emily serously pwns in that one!

  6. adraine says

    January 16, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    I like all the books, i have read all and my friends are reading them.number 3 and6 are cool.i am deffently the warrior

  7. adraine says

    January 16, 2010 at 4:16 pm

    go adraine.shes #1

  8. adraine says

    January 16, 2010 at 4:18 pm

    theres going to be a 12 book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and why does nobody like kara,she sucks.Adraine #1.(look at my name)

  9. Paige says

    February 18, 2010 at 4:47 pm

    I love the avalon books im on book 4 I cant wate to get the 5th

  10. Hannah says

    February 18, 2010 at 4:49 pm

    I love the avalon books the books im reading are in the 4th vol.
    AVALON WEB OF MAGIC ROCKS!!!!!!

  11. marie says

    March 4, 2010 at 4:51 pm

    my all time fave is book 3! It was great:)

  12. German Candia says

    March 22, 2010 at 10:04 pm

    ok i want to become an author but i am doing some research first of all the popular books to see what the audience likes, surprisingly this book although its for only girls is very popular, what is it about, why is it so popular, though as an artist i have to say the illustrator is very talented.Can anyone please help and tell me why with such a limited public is this so popular?

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