Story Magic

Name: Story Magic
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Laurel Gale
ISBN: 9781624617560

Author: Laurel Gale

Narrator: Ferdelle Capistrano

Unabridged: 6 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Vibrance Press

Published: 10/27/2020

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories

Synopsis

Girls are forbidden to practice story magic. Only bad things happen when they do. Everyone knows this, but that doesnt stop twelve-year-old Kaya ADor from learning the basics from her older brother Hob. The trick is to sense a listener, one of the magical beings that inhabit the world, and tell it a story. If the listener is pleased and likes the story, they will allow the storyteller to work magic. Although Kaya knows the risks, she attempts a little story magic to impress Hob. When Hob is taken prisoner in Prima, the faraway capital city, Kaya is convinced its her fault, either because someone discovered what she was doing or because the bad luck has found her. Desperate to save her brother, Kaya will do anything to make it to Prima, including story magic. With each story she tells her ability to wield story magic grows and she soon begins to wonder if her brothers imprisonment was really her fault or something else entirely. Each story brings her one step closer to finding Hob and leaving everything shes ever known behind.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Reading_

I wanted much more from this book. I was really interested in the book description but when I actually read this one, it surprised me. It is darker and heavily based on gender discrimination. I was expecting more magic and spells. I wanted more magic while reading this. The main protagonist, Kaya, is......more

Goodreads review by Robin

This review was originally posted on Books of My Heart Review copy was received from NetGalley. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Every once and awhile something in the Middle Grade genre will sound good and I’ll give it a try. It isn’t a genre I regularly read......more

Goodreads review by Sharon

I didn’t have very high expectations going into this book. But it totally surprised me. I thougth it was more a childish story about a girl telling magical stories. But it was so much more than that. It was a story about a 12 year old poor girl, with a brother who’s always working and isn’t really n......more

Goodreads review by Esmay

"I used story magic today. I sensed a listener the way you taught me to, and I told it a story about a hero who made the sun rise." 3 stars. Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an arc! Let me start by saying that I know I'm not technically the age group for this book. It's a middle-g......more

Goodreads review by linda hole

I Know I am not in The age group this book is intended for. But with that being said, this book. made me fall in love with the middle grade genre. Thank you to The author for. writing this wonderful.magical book. Thank you. for. letting me. follow The Young heroine in this book, kaya. and her advent......more