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Seventh Son
by Orson Scott Card
New York: T. Doherty Associates, 1987 (241p.)

Published In Series:
The Tales of Alvin Maker
Volume: 1


Genre:		Novel
Sub Genres:		Fantasy

Subjects: Maker, Alvin (Fictitious character)--Fiction;

Summary:
An unforgettable story about young Alvin Maker: the seventh son of a seventh son. Born into an alternative frontier America where life is hard and folk magic is real, Alvin is gifted with the power. He must learn to use his gift wisely. But dark forces are arrayed against Alvin, and only a young girl with second sight can protect him. [from publisher's web site]

Awards:
Ditmar Award 1989 (international fiction)
Hugo Award nominee 1988 (novel)
Locus Award 1988 (fantasy novel)
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award 1988
World Fantasy Award nominee 1988 (novel)

more information at publisher's web site
http://us.macmillan.com/seventhson

HBLL Call No: PZ 4 .C178 S48 1987

Adapted From :
Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow by Orson Scott Card	Poetry

Reviewed In:
Orson Scott Card: How a Great Science Fictionist Uses the Book of Mormon by Eugene England
Beyond "Jack Fiction": Recent Achievement in the Mormon Novel by Eugene England
[Review of] Seventh Son, Red Prophet, and Prentice Alvin, by Orson Scott Card by W. Bryan Stout