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A Deadly Education is a 2020 fantasy novel written by American author Naomi Novik following Galadriel "El" Higgins, a half-Welsh, half-Indian sorceress, who must survive to graduation while controlling her destructive abilities at a school of magic very loosely inspired by the legend of the Scholomance.
The review by The A.V. Club gave the novel an "A", calling it "the best urban fantasy in years, a sad dream of what it means to want something badly and never fully reach it." [10] The New York Times review said the book "could crudely be labeled a Harry Potter for adults", injecting "mature themes" into fantasy literature. [11]
The book has been seen as widely influential within the genre of fantasy. Margaret Atwood has called A Wizard of Earthsea one of the "wellsprings" of fantasy literature. [3] The book has been compared to major works of high fantasy such as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings [5] [50] and L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
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Lance Reynolds: The Avalon High School football team's guard, who is Will's best friend. Lance corresponds to Lancelot. Marco Campbell: Marco is Will's stepbrother, revealed later to be his half-brother. He represents Mordred. Mr. Morton: Avalon High School English teacher. He is a member of "The Order of the Bear" and represents Merlin.
Wings of Fire is a series of high fantasy novels about dragons, written by Tui T. Sutherland and published by Scholastic Inc. [1] The series has been translated into over ten languages, [2] has sold over 14 million copies, and has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over 200 weeks.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The lists of fantasy novels has been divided into the following three parts: List of fantasy novels (A–H) ...
From the "Lord of the Rings" to "Game of Thrones," here are 35 fantasy books worth escaping reality for.