Magic Mirror

The twisty-turny journey of a girl searching for her heart’s desire—glimpsed in a magic mirror. Perfect for fans of Rump or Catherine, Called Birdy A foundling girl with a crooked leg and a crutch doesn’t expect life to be easy. Indeed, Maggie’s dearest wish is to simply not feel so alone. So when she spies a man behind bars in a magic mirror said to show one’s truest desire, she feels sure he is the father she’s always longed for—and she sets off on a quest to find him. Along the way, Maggie meets both kindly pilgrims and dastardly highwaymen. She discovers she bears a striking resemblance to the princess Petranilla. Their connection is so remarkable that Petra believes Maggie must be her lost sister who fell from the castle wall and was swept downriver as a baby. What a turn of fate! From reviled foundling to beloved royal! But being the lost princess turns out to be more curse than blessing given the schemes of the current king... And if Maggie’s a princess, then who is the man she spied in the magic mirror? This is a grand middle grade adventure story full of mistaken identities, lost loves, found families, and a tantalizing tinge of magic. "I love this book—an uproarious, thoughtful, touching, absurd, ans altogether splendid adventure." —Karen Cushman, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Midwife's Apprentice and Catherine, Called Birdy

Somewhere between medieval fantasy and contemporary fairy tale, this is the story of a mythical family's upheaval, showing the consequences of estrangement and misplaced hopes. Orson Scott Card has won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards.

The Thea Sisters are on a magical adventure! The Thea Sisters' next adventure to the Kingdom of the Fairies!

What makes a princess excellent? Eager to learn the answer, an enchantress casts her magic mirror into our universe. Reflected in it are princesses from around the world and across centuries who refuse to be pretty, polite, and obedient. Princess Leila of the desert protects her people from the king with the black-and-gold banner; Princess Tica takes a crocodile for a pet; Princess Ellen explores the high seas; Princess Abayome puts empathy and kindness above royal beauty; and in an apartment building, a girl named Princess saves her community’s beloved garden from the hands of urban developers. These girls are fierce, brave, and determined to do the rescuing themselves. Connecting their stories is the magic mirror, which reveals itself when each girl needs it most, illuminating how a princess’s power comes not from her title or looks, but from her own inner strength. These beautifully imagined stories, complemented by vibrant and inviting artwork, are by turns charming and bold, familiar and surprising.

Admiral Zheng He, the famed explorer, sails into unchartered lands with an amazing fleet of ships but little does he know that he is heading straight into a trap laid by one of the most dangerous pirates who ever lived. Young adventurers Miranda and Marko travel to the past to see this history unfold as they get swept up in the battle.

KENDREA FERNANDO Profile of the Award-winning Imaginative Story writer Kendreas book The Magic Mirror was awarded the 3rd place in Category A at The 2013 Tim Winton award for young writers. Kendrea Fernando has been writing stories since she was 4 years. Her writing skills were recognised when she was schooling at College Street Normal School, Palmerston North, New Zealand. She wrote stories as part of her school work and most of them were awarded as the story of the day. Her reading and writing skills were enhanced and encouraged by her teachers at the Currambine Primary School and Beaumaris Primary Schools in Australia. Kendrea was born in 2005 in Sri Lanka and now lives in Australia. Kendrea has stepped forward to help the McCusker Alzheimers Research Foundation WA, Australia to raise funds by donating a $1 per book from her book sales. Kendrea is the youngest donator to The McCusker Alzheimers Research Foundation, in this scale. Her passion and the motivation to help the foundation is an example for all others. I am so pleased and happy that her book has been recognised and awarded the 3rd place in Category A at The 2013 Tim Winton award for the young writers. I wish her all, success. Professor Ralph Martins (Director of Research), The McCusker Alzheimers Research Foundation, WA Australia. Kendrea was a pleasure to have as part of our English Enrichment Program. She always displayed an exceptional work ethic and the stories that she produced were entertaining and very well written. It is very exciting to see her following her passion for writing and to have a book of her own published. Geoff Smith, Principal, Currambine Primary School, WA. Australia.

In this book, Elizabeth M. Baeten analyzes the theories of myth propounded by Cassirer, Barthes, Eliade, and Hillman and juxtaposes the insights of these very different perspectives to form a coherent account of myth. She then shows that these theories perform the same function the authors ascribe to myth itself. Moreover, not only do the theories of myth function mythically; the myth embedded in each theory is the same: the telos of human existence is absolute freedom, an unbounded power to constitute the subjective and objective features of existence. The correlate of this myth of absolute creative freedom, Baeten argues, is that the truly human must transcend natural determinations. Baeten understands this to be a dangerous myth and offers an alternative original account of myth-making as an essential strand of cultural production demarcating the human process within the setting of broader natural processes.