Magic or Madness
core novel 2005 Magic or Madness
Record
| First published | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.52 (4,163 ratings, collected 2026-10-21) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781595140227 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
My mother named me Reason. For fifteen years Reason Cansino has lived on the run: together with her mother, Sarafina, she has moved from one place to another in the Australian countryside, desperate not to be found by her grandmother Esmeralda, a dangerous woman who believes in magic and practises horrifying dark rituals. When Reason is sent to live with Esmeralda, nothing about the house or her grandmother is what she expected, and the moment she walks through Esmeralda's back door and finds herself on a New York City street, she is confronted by an unavoidable truth: magic is real, and Reason is magic. The first book of the trilogy, winner of the Andre Norton Award.
Where it sits
- Universe: Magic or Madness
- Series: Magic or Madness core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Justine Larbalestier
Awards (verified)
- Andre Norton Award, 2007: won
Notes
- From the series record (Magic or Madness): Reason Cansino and the price of magic in her blood.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Magic or Madness: position 1 of 3: next Magic Lessons (2006)
Sources
- Risingshadow (series listing and author note)
- Wikipedia (Magic or Madness)
- Razorbill (publisher description, via Worlds Without End)
- Razorbill (publisher description, via the book's record)
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