K2 O'Hero is a seemingly ordinary boy - after all, he and his twin sister Izzabird have been sworn to keep their family's magical history a secret. Not even their infuriating stepsiblings, Theo and Mabel, know that magic exists. They believe K2 to be the most hopeless person they have ever known.

K2 O'Hero is a seemingly ordinary boy from a truly extraordinary family - he and his twin sister Izzabird have been sworn to keep their family's history of magical explorers a secret. Not even their infuriating stepsiblings, Theo and Mable, know magic exists. They believe K2 to be the most hopeless person they have ever known. Sophie White and Nicole Flattery Chaired by Triona Adams Irish Voices: Where I End and Nothing Special Oxford Martin School: Seminar Room 4:00pm Sun 26 Sunday, 26 March 2023 See this event

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Mae hwn yn llyfr hawdd i’w ddarllen gyda llawer o ddarluniadau, sy’n berffaith ar gyfer y rheini sy’n edmygu cyfres Cowell How to Train Your Dragon a Wizards of Once.

My first read of a Cressida Cowell novel, and honestly it's very solid! Cowell constructs an entirely surreal universe with magic that pulls every which way, but keeps the narrative grounded by way of making it, at heart, a story about a conflicted group of siblings in a difficult but very real dynamic. Lastly, I felt like all the loose ends were not wrapped up in a nice way. This was very much a first-in-the-series book. Even more so than Wizards of once.I hate to say, but really when all this book has is 4 kids, an evil force that they only encounter once and an illegal piece of paper; it's just a pile of words. The book is stuffed with eccentric characters, some of whom pass through briefly, but may have a larger role to play in the future. It has a fairly familiar concept at its heart. Magic is real and can be used to open doorways between different worlds. This is a longstanding fantasy trope, that's played with very effectively here by Cressida Cowell. These doorways are opened by drawings of maps, as long as they are done by someone with the right magical gift. The only problem is there hasn't been anyone with that gift for centuries, so someone born with the gift of creating an atlas like that would be both incredibly dangerous and incredibly valuable. Here's a round-up of new children's books from the last year (2023), which we think any child aged 8 to 9 will love.