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8 | Frontier Magic is a trilogy of YoungAdult novels by Creator/PatriciaCWrede. The books are: |
9 | * ''Literature/ThirteenthChild'' |
10 | * ''Literature/AcrossTheGreatBarrier'' |
11 | * ''Literature/TheFarWest'' |
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13 | They tell the ComingOfAgeStory of Eff Rothmer, a supposedly [[ThirteenIsUnlucky unlucky thirteenth child]], and her twin brother, Lan, a [[MagicalSeventhSon seventh son of a seventh son]]. They and their family live out on the edge of the relatively safe part of the [[IstanbulNotConstantinople United States of Columbia]], watching as every year more and more people brave the dangerous wildlife to [[SettlingTheFrontier settle the frontier]]. |
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16 | !! This series provides examples of: |
17 | %% * ActionGirl |
18 | %% * AllThereInTheManual |
19 | * AerithAndBob: The names of the baby Medusa Lizards in the 3rd book are Sthenno, Euryale and Fred. |
20 | * AlternateHistory: It's fairly clear that while we are on Earth, history has not progressed in quite the same way. For instance, there are no Native Americans. |
21 | %% * AntiMagicalFaction: The Society of Progressive Rationalists. |
22 | %% * AsYouKnow |
23 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Cathayan magic works by pooling the magical energies of dozens of mages and channeling them through a single adept. This allows for phenomenal feats of magic, like leveling mountains or damming rivers, but it's kind of useless when you just want to light the cookfire. |
24 | %% * BadassFamily: The Rothmers |
25 | * BadassNormal: Brant, as he doesn't even use magic, but still managed to save a dozen people from certain death. |
26 | %% ** William Graham is this by the third book, compared to Eff and Lan. |
27 | %% * BatOutOfHell: Daybats |
28 | * BoringButPractical: Avrupan magic may not be quite as impressive as Aphrikan or Hijero-Cathayan, but it is the king of useful little spells like making heavy things lighter, speeding up travel, or lighting a fire. |
29 | %% * BewareTheNiceOnes |
30 | %% * CantCatchUp: Everyone with regards to Lan, but particularly Eff. |
31 | %% * ChekhovsGun |
32 | %% * CloserToEarth |
33 | %% * CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer: Miss Ochiba has built her teaching career on these. Incredibly, it works. |
34 | * DifferentStatesOfAmerica: The United States in this book is one where its westward expansion was halted by the presence of dragons and other magical creatures. |
35 | %% * DownerBeginning: Poor Eff. |
36 | %% * DreamingTheTruth: Eff has some. |
37 | * ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Or, rather, Exotic Magic Supremacy. Avrupan magic is never as effective as Aphrikan or Hijero-Cathayan. |
38 | %% * ExpositionBreak |
39 | %% * EyeOfNewt |
40 | %% * FantasticRacism |
41 | %% * FantasyCounterpartCulture |
42 | %% * FeministFantasy |
43 | %% * FirstPersonPerspective |
44 | %% * {{Foreshadowing}} |
45 | %% * FriendlyRivalry: Lan and William have this going on and off. |
46 | %% * FunctionalMagic |
47 | %% * TheGift |
48 | %% * GovernmentAgencyOfFiction |
49 | %% * HappilyMarried |
50 | %% * HighTurnoverRate |
51 | %% * HumansAdvanceSwiftly |
52 | %% * InHarmonyWithNature: Aphrikan magic. |
53 | %% * IstanbulNotConstantinople |
54 | %% * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Almost all of the women in the story. |
55 | %% * KudzuPlot |
56 | %% * MagicalNegro: Miss Ochiba. |
57 | %% * MagicalSeventhSon: Both Eff's father and her brother Lan. Eff is a Magical Seventh Daughter. |
58 | %% * MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: For the mirror bugs. |
59 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: Since seventh sons are powerful, many families have numerous children in pursuit of one. |
60 | %% * MrExposition |
61 | %% * NoAntagonist |
62 | * NonMaliciousMonster: None of the monsters from the West are interested in anything other than survival. |
63 | * NumerologicalMotif: Seventh sons and thirteenth children. |
64 | * OnlyKnownByInitials: Eff is actually short for Francine. |
65 | %% * ThePatriarch: Professor Rothmer, when the family is in Mill City. Back in Helvan Shores, it's his father. |
66 | * PrehistoricMonster: Woolly mammoths and rhinoceroses appear in the story. |
67 | * RiverOfInsanity: The Far West functions as this, as very few people who venture out beyond the Great Plains ever come back, and none manage to keep their sanity. |
68 | %% * SettlingTheFrontier: A significant part of the setting. |
69 | * ThirteenIsUnlucky: Eff is the thirteenth child in the family, which is considered unlucky. That's why her extended family hates her. |
70 | %% * TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Eff does this at least once in every book. |
71 | %% * UnableToSupportAWife: Quite yet, explains Roger. |
72 | %% * WickedWeasel: Swarming Weasels. |
73 | %% * WildWilderness |
74 | %% * WiseBeyondTheirYears |
75 | %% * WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility |
76 | * WorldOfActionGirls: Eff, Miss Ochiba and Professor Torgeson are just a few. Eff even says that the farther west you go, the less people care about what you are than what you can do. |
77 | * WizardingSchool: Avrupan magic is a standard school subject from the age of 10. At the university level, all the schools mentioned seem to be exclusively schools of magic. |
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