A Deadly Education: Getting Away with Info Dumps
By Charity West Naomi Novik’s brilliant twist on the magic school trope, A Deadly Education, explores the idea of what would happen if the magic school was trying to kill you. The story starts with our main character, El (short for Galadriel, much to her chagrin), having her life saved for the second time, and […]
About Kids but Not for Kids – Across the Green Grass Fields
By Laura McGill Imagine a pre-teen Horse Girl. (No, not literally. I mean the sort of girl who doodles ponies in the margins of her homework. It’s a thing.) After fighting with her friends, she discovers a fantasy world full of Horse People. (Yes, literally. They’re centaurs.) There’s a quest, of course, lessons on friendship, […]