At one point, every kid dreamed of having magical abilities
and being able to cast magic spells. The only way to see this dream though,
however, was with our imaginations or books/movies. This week, since I already
read all seven Harry Potter books, I decided to read Lev Grossman’s The
Magicians. The book did give me a very Harry Potter vibe, which I’m not
completely sure if its simply because of the shared genre or if it’s the
similar components both stories share, like a school for magically gifted
people and an unknown magical entity as the antagonist. Setting stories like
these in schools with a magical element to them is a great way of helping young
adult readers connect while also allowing them to escape into a fantasy world.
By setting the stories in a school, the day to day obstacles the characters
face and must overcome are similar to those that readers who are students face.
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