num_pages: 564
description: The first part of an enthralling new series leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters, clever charms, potions and spells. Ages 9+.The 7th son of the 7th son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a newborn girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son, Septimus?The first part of this enthralling new series leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters, clever charms, potions and spells, and a yearning to uncover the mystery at the heart of this story...who is Septimus Heap? Angie Sage writes in the tradition of great British storytellers. Her inventive fantasy is filled with humor and heart: Magyk will have readers laughing and begging for more.
language: English
title: Magyk
titlecomplete: Magyk (Septimus Heap, #1)
characters: O. Beetle Beetle, Zelda Zanuba Heap, Marcia Overstrand, Silas Heap, Jenna Heap, Septimus Heap, Sarah Heap
genres: Magic, Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, High Fantasy, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 119247
series: Septimus Heap
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Preis der Jugendjury
publisher: Katherine Tegen, Harper Collins