Even and Odd

Name: Even and Odd
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Sarah Beth Durst
ISBN: 9780358537618

Author: Sarah Beth Durst

Narrator: Carly Robins

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 06/15/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Animal Stories

Synopsis

A half-magic girl learns about heroism and taking action when she and her sister confront a wizard who endangers others for her own gain. Even and Odd are sisters who share magic. Lately, though, it seems like that’s the only thing they have in common. Odd doesn’t like magic, and Even practices it every chance she gets, dreaming of the day she’ll be ready to be a hero.When the hidden border between the mundane world the sisters live in and the magical land they were born in shuts abruptly, the girls are trapped, unable to return home.With the help of a unicorn named Jeremy, they discover a wizard is diverting magic from the border to bolster her own power. Families are cut off from each other on both sides of the border, and an ecological disaster is brewing. But the wizard cares nothing for the calamitous effects her appropriation of magic is having. Someone has to do something to stop her, and Even realizes she can no longer wait until she’s ready: she needs to be a hero now.

About Sarah Beth Durst

Sarah Beth Durst is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Spellshop, as well as over twenty-five fantasy books for adults, teens, and kids, including the Queens of Renthia series, Drink Slay Love, and Spark. She has won an American Library Association Alex Award and a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award and has been a finalist for the Andre Norton Nebula Award three times. She lives in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband, her children, and her ill-mannered cat.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jessica on September 02, 2021

Just so darn delightful! Sarah talks in the author's note about trying to cram every bit of magic she could into this book, and it shows! But not because it felt like there was too much going on, because it felt like we truly had entered a magical world with Even and Odd. There are unicorns, and dra......more

Goodreads review by Natalie all_books_great_and_small on September 10, 2021

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers. Even and Odd is a great , magical and fun adventure book about sisters Emma and Olivia who's nicknames are Even and Odd. Even wants to one day join the academy of magic Heros and......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on April 17, 2021

My kids - 12 and 7 - both love Sarah Beth Durst's MG fantasies, and so do I. They're always great family reads because they're complex enough for older kids but gentle enough for younger ones. This is such a wonderfully fun, warm and gentle fantasy adventure, starring two fantastic sisters forced to......more

Goodreads review by Karissa on May 10, 2021

Series Info/Source: This is a stand alone book. I got this from the author through NetGalley to review. Story (3/5): This is a decent middle grade story that will appeal to younger readers but not the YA or adult crowd. There is a lot of silly humor here and things are a bit over the top at points. T......more