num_pages: 200
description: Orson Scott Card's Tales of Alvin Maker have created a moving fantasy world from the dream of America and the simple magics of the people who settled her. Here is a world where folk magic is as much a part of life as hard work and religion, and where the red man and the white still have hope for living in peace with the land and each other. It is a fantasy unique to literature, yet as inevitable as breathing. It is a work that will live forever in your heart. Alvin's mortal enemy, the Unmaker, has found hearts and hands willing to do its bidding, while Alvin and the Prophet's people were making their last stand. Now young Alvin returns to the town of his birth and begins his apprenticeship with Makepeace Smith, committing seven years of his life in exchange for the skills and knowledge of a blacksmith. But Alvin must also learn to control and use his own talent, that of a Maker, or else his destiny will be unfulfilled.
language: English
title: Prentice Alvin
titlecomplete: Prentice Alvin (Tales of Alvin Maker, #3)
characters: Alvin Maker
genres: Historical, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Magic, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Alternate History, Fantasy
ratings_count: 18310
series: Tales of Alvin Maker
awards: awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 599644800000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 631180800000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks