Oliver realizes no one else will save them and sets off on a hero’s journey. The most useful of the three, he thinks, is the one that controls his allergy to armadillo dander, which is important when your familiar is an armadillo.Ī drought is killing all of the crops in his village and the villagers gang up to demand that Oliver go on a quest to bring back the rain. While he’s adept at smaller acts like curing poison ivy, he only knows three real spells. Oliver is a nearly teenage mage who is the only source of magic his village has. Kingfisher ( Argyll Productions 978-0-6, $12.95, 174pp, tp) July 2019.ĭespite the missing mother and the adolescent mage in potentially fatal situations, Minor Mage is a book for kids – and for adults who enjoy the rich, whimsy-adjacent stories by Ursula Vernon, the writer behind the T.
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