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Magic Street by Orson Scott Card New York: Del Rey, 2005 (397 pp.) |
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Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream--Fiction; Abandoned children--California--Los Angeles--Fiction; Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Fiction; Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction; | |||||||||||
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Summary: In a peaceful, prosperous African American neighborhood in Los Angeles, Mack Street is a mystery child who has somehow found a home. Discovered abandoned in an overgrown park, raised by a blunt-speaking single woman, Mack comes and goes from family to family–a boy who is at once surrounded by boisterous characters and deeply alone. But while Mack senses that he is different from most, and knows that he has strange powers, he cannot possibly understand how unusual he is until the day he sees, in a thin slice of space, a narrow house. Beyond it is a backyard–and an entryway into an extraordinary world stretching off into an exotic distance of geography, history, and magic. Passing through the skinny house that no one else can see, Mack is plunged into a realm where time and reality are skewed, a place where what Mack does and sees seem to have strange affects in the “real world” of concrete, cars, commerce, and conflict. Growing into a tall, powerful young man, pursuing a forbidden relationship, and using Shakespeare’s Midsummer’s Night Dream as a guide into the vast, timeless fantasy world, Mack becomes a player in an epic drama. Understanding this drama is Mack’s challenge. His reward, if he can survive the trip, is discovering not only who he really is . . . but why he exists. [from publisher's web site] Awards: Association of Mormon Letters honorable mention 2005 more information at publisher's web site http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780345416902 HBLL Call No: PZ 4 .C178 M35 2005 | |||||||||||
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