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8Frontier 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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13They 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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