The Young Necromancer's Guide to Ghosts
core novel 2024 Fireborn
Record
| First published | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.77 (44 ratings, collected 2026-10-30) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781738392902 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Lusi can talk to ghosts, which most people dismiss as lying or madness. When her older sister Marsi flees an arranged marriage planned by their uncle, the two set out for the Wizards Guild. Uncle catches up with them quickly and shows how well connected he is among powerful wizards. Lusi learns she is a necromancer, a kind of magic users are taught to fear. With the help of a ghost girl, a dragon and an odd wizard from the far side of the world, she must learn to control her powers and protect her family.
Where it sits
- Universe: Fireborn
- Series: Fireborn companion novels core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Vanessa Ricci-Thode
Awards (verified)
- Andre Norton Nebula Award for Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction (Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction), 2025: won
Notes
- Middle-grade novel; placed in the Fireborn world by reviewers and by its series tag at the retailer.
- From the series record (Fireborn companion novels): Two further novels set in the same dragon-and-wizard world: a Tollar adventure and a middle-grade ghost story.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series Fireborn companion novels: position 1 of 2: next The Dragon Next Door (2025)
- Internal chronology, within Fireborn: position 2 of 7: previous Dragon Whisperer (2013) · next Trueflame (2023)
Sources
- Thodestool Fiction (author site), Books
- Blackwell's (paperback, 206 pages, published 30 April 2024)
- itch.io page
- SFADB Andre Norton Award
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