num_pages: 271
description: "My mother named me Reason."Reason Cansino has lived fifteen years in the Australian outback with her mother, Sarafina. They're on the run from Reason's grandmother Esmeralda, who believes in magic and practices horrifying dark rituals. But when Sarafina suffers a mental breakdown, Reason is sent to the one place she fears most - Esmeralda's home in Sydney.Nothing about the house or Esmeralda is what Reason expected. Then, when she walks through Esmeralda's back door in Sydney and finds herself on a New York City street, Reason is forced to face the shocking truth. Magic is real. And Reason is magic.
language: English
title: Magic or Madness
titlecomplete: Magic or Madness (Magic or Madness, #1)
characters: Sarafina Cansino, Reason Cansino, Esmeralda Cansino
genres: Young Adult, Witches, Magic, Teen, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Supernatural, Fiction, Paranormal, Young Adult Fantasy
ratings_count: 4144
places: Sydney, New South Wales
series: Magic or Madness
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Aurealis Award
category: Young Adult Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Andre Norton Award
publisher: Firebird/Razorbill