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Format:

Book

Title:

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Author:

Howard, Kat writer

ISBN:

9781401291341

Publication:

Burbank, CA : DC Vertigo, [2019]

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm.

Number in series:

VOLUME ONE

General Note:

"Timothy Hunter and the Books of Magic created by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton - The Sandman created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, and Mike Dringenberg - The Sandman Universe curated by Neil Gaiman"

"Originally published in single magazine form as THE SANDMAN UNIVERSE 1 and BOOKS OF MAGIC 1-6."--Title page verso.

Summary:

"Timothy Hunter may be destined to become the most powerful magician in the universe, but he's still a London teenager, and having magical abilities is about to turn his world upside down! While Tim's trying to study and attract the cutest girl in his class, there are cultists who want to kill him, believing his magical powers will eventually corrupt him, turning him into a merciless mage that will bring upon the end of magic forever! But when a mysterious new substitute teacher for his school called Dr. Rose wants to mentor and educate him in the magical arts so that he can discover the secrets behind the Books of Magic, Tim believes he has the tools to find his missing mother. Is this sudden guidance too good to be true, and what connection--if any--does Rose have to the disappearance of Tim's teacher Mr. Brisby?"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject(s):

Magic -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Teenagers -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Teacher-student relationships -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Missing persons -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre:

Science fiction comic books, strips, etc.

Graphic novels.

Fantasy comics.

Science fiction comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Added Author:

Gaiman, Neil

Spurrier, Simon

Waters, Daniel, 1969-

Thompson, Jill, 1966-

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Silver Falls Library	YA 741.5 BOOKS v.1	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Timothy Hunter may be destined to become the most powerful magician in the universe, but he's still a London teenager, and having magical abilities is about to turn his world upside down...

From award-winning writer Kat Howard, the Books of Magic series will captivate your interest from the start!

Timothy Hunter is destined to be the world's most powerful magician--at least, that's what he's been told. In the meantime, though, he's just a regular teenager trying to deal with distant parents, school bullies, and adolescent crushes--and magic isn't helping with any of it.

The forces of the supernatural seem to have it in for him. There are more than a few shadowy figures who will stop at nothing to eliminate what they see as a deadly threat to the balance of power--and those are the good guys. In order for Tim to survive long enough to fulfill his destiny, he'll have to learn how to control his burgeoning abilities as well as figure out whom he can trust--and who wants him dead.

This journey of discovery begins with a new teacher named Ms. Rose, a homeless woman named Mad Hettie, and an owl named Yo-Yo--and it will lead him from suburban London straight to the heart of the Dreaming.

Collects Books of Magic #1-6 and The Sandman Universe #1.

Author Notes

Neil Gaiman was born in Portchester, England on November 10, 1960. He worked as a journalist and freelance writer for a time, before deciding to try his hand at comic books. Some of his work has appeared in publications such as Time Out, The Sunday Times, Punch, and The Observer. His first comic endeavor was the graphic novel series The Sandman. The series has won every major industry award including nine Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, three Harvey Awards, and the 1991 World Fantasy Award for best short story, making it the first comic ever to win a literary award.

He writes both children and adult books. His adult books include The Ocean at the End of the Lane, which won a British National Book Awards, and the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel for 2014; Stardust, which won the Mythopoeic Award as best novel for adults in 1999; American Gods, which won the Hugo, Nebula, Bram Stoker, SFX, and Locus awards; Anansi Boys; Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances; and The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction, which is a New York Times Bestseller. His children's books include The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish; Coraline, which won the Elizabeth Burr/Worzalla, the BSFA, the Hugo, the Nebula, and the Bram Stoker awards; The Wolves in the Walls; Odd and the Frost Giants; The Graveyard Book, which won the Newbery Award in 2009 and The Sandman: Overture which won the 2016 Hugo Awards Best Graphic Story.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Kirkus Review

It's impossible to talk about Tim Hunter without talking about Harry Potter.Tim is a novice magician with enormous glasses and an owl for a companion. The similarities between Tim and Harry Potter aren't a flaw of the book. Tim was created earlier than Harry, in comic books published beginning in 1990; both characters are simply based on the same classic fantasy tropes. The problem is that there are tropes everywhere: Tim is threatened by sinister figures in hooded cloaks and by a vicious bully. After a few generations, even classic archetypes start to feel like clichs. But some of the familiar elements are altered in such strange ways that they become genuinely surprising. The mystical key is constructed out of junk, and the helpful owl was originally Tim's yo-yo. Even the word "abracadabra" shows up so unexpectedly that it regains a sense of wonder. It helps that the characters' facial expressions are often remarkably complex and nuanced even when the characters themselves are stock figures. Tim's love interest, a black girl named Ellie, is severely underwritten. The dialogue, however, is often clever enough to make every character engaging. Ellie is also the only major character who isn't white.Stories like this demonstrate that the classic fantasy tropes still work, but this entry unfortunately doesn't quite demonstrate it enough. (Graphic fantasy. 12-18) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.