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In the good old days, magic was indispensable--it could both save a kingdom and clear a clogged drain. But now magic is fading: drain cleaner is cheaper than a spell, and magic carpets are used for pizza delivery. Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer Strange runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians--but it's hard to stay in business when magic is drying up. And then the visions start, predicting the death of the world's last dragon at the hands of an unnamed Dragonslayer. If the visions are true, everything will change for Kazam--and for Jennifer. Because something is coming. Something known as . . . Big Magic.
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"With 'The Last Dragonslayer' fans of Jasper Fforde's best-selling 'Thursday Next' and 'Nursery Crime' series will be delighted that Fforde's talent for world-building, his skewed sense of humor and his searing satire come through full force."
--New York Times Book Review
"Features the same delightful mix of magic and everyday absurdity that characterizes [Fforde's] other books. . . . Readers both young and adult will get hours of pleasure visiting these Ununited Kingdoms."
--NPR Books, online review
"Fforde's foray into children's books will delight readers who like their fantasy with a dash of silliness."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Humor abounds, but so does heart, as readers are introduced to a heroine who is practical, smart, and true."
--School Library Journal, starred review
"Fforde's fantasy is smart, funny, and abundantly imaginative in its critique of commercial culture. . . . Reminiscent of Pratchett in tone, this is nevertheless Fforde's own creature entirely--and entirely satisfying."
--Horn Book
"Fantasy readers with a taste for the silly should appreciate the subverted tropes."
--Kirkus
"Thoroughly entertaining . . . readers will easily sit back and enjoy the fun."
--Booklist
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COMING TO YOUR TV ON SKY1 THIS CHRISTMAS
Jasper Fforde's first work for a younger generation of readers: hilarious, offbeat and bewitching, this is the start of a Dragonslayer trilogy
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- PublisherClarion Books
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0547738471
- ISBN 13 9780547738475
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages287
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