num_pages: 271
description: For fifteen years, Reason Cansino has lived a life on the run. Together with her mother, Sarafina, she has moved from one place to another in the Australian countryside, desperate not to be found by Reason's grandmother Esmeralda, a dangerous woman who believes in magic. But when Sarafina suffers a breakdown, Reason is forced to move in with her grandmother in Sydney. The moment Reason walks through Esmeralda's back door and finds herself on a New York City street, she's confronted by an unavoidable truth-magic is real.This thrilling novel will bring readers through revelation upon revelation, leading to Reason's ultimate discovery of the price she must pay if she uses her 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, Teen, Supernatural, Magic, Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Fantasy, Paranormal, Witches
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: Razorbill