Higgins, F.E. The Bone Magician, 266 pgs. Square Fish, 2008.
$14.95. Language: G; Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG
Pin is a young
man living in the city of Urbs Umida, a city known for the River Foedus whose
stench fills the air and only adds to the depressed lives of its inhabitants.
With a father on the run for a murder he may or may not have committed and a
new job as a corpse watcher at the local funeral parlor, Pin has a life that
few envy. As he tries to survive the mean streets of the city he meets new
friends and is introduced to the Bone Magician who has the power to raise the
dead and could hold the key to Pin’s future.
This book has a clever and well-written plot. The story is
dark, but with just the right hint of the absurd to keep it from becoming too
bleak. Even though the lives of the characters are quite depressing, they avoid
becoming merely sad people who have more sadness thrust upon them. They are
lively and humorous and the reader will find the hope of a happy ending
reasonable.
EL (4-6)/MS—ESSENTIAL.
AEB Social Studies Teacher
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