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%%* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Eff to the children at Promised Land
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%%* DeterminedHomesteadersWife
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Rennie's decision to elope with Brant and move with him to the Rationalist outpost shows more consequences of her thoughtlessness. In addition to raising a family when they're too young and he has the pressure as a prominent Rationalist spokesman, he gets wise to her doing little magic on the side. On principle, he makes her stop, which means the mosquitoes and annoying bugs invade their home. Rennie also didn't consider that her kids would face FantasticRacism merely for the fact that she practices magic.

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* AmbiguousSituation: Eff doesn't know if Brant is an ExtremeDoormat and letting the neighbors bully their children, or if he's trying his best but the other Rationalist kids are too cruel. The same goes for him stopping Rennie from doing magic on the side. He's genuinely dedicated to his belief that a life without magic is healthier, but Rennie accuses him that there's some spite behind him busting her.



* BlessedWithSuck: Lan finds out that there's a downside to having so much power

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* BlessedWithSuck: Lan finds out that there's a downside to having so much powerpower. [[spoiler:He accidentally causes an explosion in class when experimenting]].



* HappyEndingOverride: When Eff visited Rennie and Brant the first time in the previous book, the two seem to be HappilyMarried and Rennie is still doing some magic on the side. Here, he apparently got wise to it and so there's no more bug repellant charms or such. In addition, their children are bullied by the others for the crime of Rennie having done magic and are blamed for a potential plague. This leads to Rennie accusing Brant of being an ExtremeDoormat, and the two have more tension when Eff visits them again.

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* HappyEndingOverride: When Eff visited Rennie and Brant the first time in the previous book, the two seem to be HappilyMarried and Rennie is still doing some magic on the side. Here, he apparently got wise to it and so there's no more bug repellant charms or such. In addition, their children are bullied by the others for the crime of Rennie having done magic and are blamed for a potential plague. This leads to Rennie accusing Brant of being an ExtremeDoormat, and the two have more tension when Eff visits them again.

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* HappyEndingOverride: When Eff visited Rennie and Brant the first time in the previous book, the two seem to be HappilyMarried and Rennie is still doing some magic on the side. Here, he apparently got wise to it and so there's no more bug repellant charms or such. In addition, their children are bullied by the others for the crime of Rennie having done magic and are blamed for a potential plague. This leads to Rennie accusing Brant of being an ExtremeDoormat, and the two have more tension when Eff visits them again.



* RealityEnsues: When Eff visited Rennie and Brant the first time in the previous book, the two seem to be HappilyMarried and Rennie is still doing some magic on the side. Here, he apparently got wise to it and so there's no more bug repellant charms or such. In addition, their children are bullied by the others for the crime of Rennie having done magic and are blamed for a potential plague. This leads to Rennie accusing Brant of being an ExtremeDoormat, and the two have more tension when Eff visits them again.

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* OldMaid: Allie starts worrying about not getting any younger when Mr Boden starts walking Eff home.

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* OldMaid: Allie starts worrying about not getting any younger when Mr Mr. Boden starts walking Eff home.


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* RealityEnsues: When Eff visited Rennie and Brant the first time in the previous book, the two seem to be HappilyMarried and Rennie is still doing some magic on the side. Here, he apparently got wise to it and so there's no more bug repellant charms or such. In addition, their children are bullied by the others for the crime of Rennie having done magic and are blamed for a potential plague. This leads to Rennie accusing Brant of being an ExtremeDoormat, and the two have more tension when Eff visits them again.
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%%* * EveryoneIsArmed: West Beyond the border enchantment that keeps magical and pleistocene animals out of the Mammoth, at leastsettled areas, being armed is a basic necessity of survival. This is apparent as soon as one enters the very first frontier settlement just outside the barrier.
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Second book of the Literature/FrontierMagic series by Creator/PatriciaCWrede.

Eff could be a powerful magician if she wanted to. Except she's not sure she wants that kind of responsibility. Everyone keeps waiting for her to do something amazing--or to fail in a spectacular way. Worse, her twin brother, Lan, a powerful double [[MagicalSeventhSon seventh son]], is jealous of all the attention she's been getting. Even as Eff protests that she's just an ordinary girl, she's asked to travel past the Barrier Spell with one of the new professors at her father's school. The land west of the Barrier is full of dangers, both magical and wild. Eff will need to use all her strength--magical and otherwise--to come safely back home.

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Second book of the Literature/FrontierMagic ''Literature/FrontierMagic'' series by Creator/PatriciaCWrede.

Eff could be a powerful magician if she wanted to. Except she's not sure she wants that kind of responsibility. Everyone keeps waiting for her to do something amazing--or amazing -- or to fail in a spectacular way. Worse, her twin brother, Lan, a powerful double [[MagicalSeventhSon seventh son]], is jealous of all the attention she's been getting. Even as Eff protests that she's just an ordinary girl, she's asked to travel past the Barrier Spell with one of the new professors at her father's school. The land west of the Barrier is full of dangers, both magical and wild. Eff will need to use all her strength--magical and otherwise--to come safely back home.
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%%* [[spoiler:{{Medusa}}]]{{Medusa}}



%%* WildWilderness

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Eff could be a powerful magician if she wanted to. Except she's not sure she wants that kind of responsibility. Everyone keeps waiting for her to do something amazing--or to fail in a spectacular way. Worse, her twin brother, Lan, a powerful double seventh son, is jealous of all the attention she's been getting. Even as Eff protests that she's just an ordinary girl, she's asked to travel past the Barrier Spell with one of the new professors at her father's school. The land west of the Barrier is full of dangers, both magical and wild. Eff will need to use all her strength--magical and otherwise--to come safely back home.

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Eff could be a powerful magician if she wanted to. Except she's not sure she wants that kind of responsibility. Everyone keeps waiting for her to do something amazing--or to fail in a spectacular way. Worse, her twin brother, Lan, a powerful double [[MagicalSeventhSon seventh son, son]], is jealous of all the attention she's been getting. Even as Eff protests that she's just an ordinary girl, she's asked to travel past the Barrier Spell with one of the new professors at her father's school. The land west of the Barrier is full of dangers, both magical and wild. Eff will need to use all her strength--magical and otherwise--to come safely back home.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Eff's teachers and classmates after she ends the mirror bug plague
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Firefoxes

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Eff's teachers and classmates bully her after she ends the mirror bug plague
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't piss off Wash

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* %%* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't piss off Wash



* ChristmasCake: Allie starts worrying about this when Mr Boden starts walking Eff home.



* DeterminedHomesteader: Mr Carpenter is the newest example of this.

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* %%* DeterminedHomesteader: Mr Carpenter is the newest example of this.Carpenter.



* EnergyAbsorption: [[spoiler:The medusa lizards]]
* EnragedByIdiocy: Prof. Torgeson
* EveryoneIsArmed: West of the Mammoth, at least
* EyeBeam: With a [[spoiler:third eye]] no less!

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* %%* EnergyAbsorption: [[spoiler:The medusa lizards]]
* %%* EnragedByIdiocy: Prof. Torgeson
* %%* EveryoneIsArmed: West of the Mammoth, at least
* %%* EyeBeam: With a [[spoiler:third eye]] no less!



* TheFundamentalist: The Rationalists at Oak River are slipping into this

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* %%* TheFundamentalist: The Rationalists at Oak River are slipping into this



* HopeSproutsEternal: The grub-eaten land is slowly recovering from the mirror-bug plague
* HowUnscientific: Torgeson has a problem with publishing untested hypotheses
* LadyOfAdventure: Professor Torgeson. Eff is also coming to her own in this respect.
* LeeroyJenkins: Giles Carpenter, with the expected result for his family.

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* HopeSproutsEternal: The grub-eaten land is slowly recovering from the mirror-bug plague
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* HowUnscientific: Torgeson has a problem with publishing untested hypotheses
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* %%* LeeroyJenkins: Giles Carpenter, with the expected result for his family.



* MasterApprenticeChain: The wooden pendant makes this explicit with Wash and Eff
* [[spoiler:{{Medusa}}]]

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* %%* MasterApprenticeChain: The wooden pendant makes this explicit with Wash and Eff
* %%* [[spoiler:{{Medusa}}]]



* NorseByNorsewest: Professor Torgeson

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%% * NorseByNorsewest: Professor TorgesonTorgeson
* OldMaid: Allie starts worrying about not getting any younger when Mr Boden starts walking Eff home.



* PrinciplesZealot: Oak River's settlers

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* %%* PrinciplesZealot: Oak River's settlers



* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Against animals the are immune to magic.

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* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Against animals the because they are immune to magic.



* {{Whatevermancy}}: Geomancy
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Eff to the children at Promised Land
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Torgeson about the mammoth

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* %%* {{Whatevermancy}}: Geomancy
* %%* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Eff to the children at Promised Land
* %%* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Torgeson about the mammoth
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Second book of the Literature/FrontierMagic series by Creator/PatriciaCWrede.

Eff could be a powerful magician if she wanted to. Except she's not sure she wants that kind of responsibility. Everyone keeps waiting for her to do something amazing--or to fail in a spectacular way. Worse, her twin brother, Lan, a powerful double seventh son, is jealous of all the attention she's been getting. Even as Eff protests that she's just an ordinary girl, she's asked to travel past the Barrier Spell with one of the new professors at her father's school. The land west of the Barrier is full of dangers, both magical and wild. Eff will need to use all her strength--magical and otherwise--to come safely back home.

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Eff's teachers and classmates after she ends the mirror bug plague
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Firefoxes
* BerserkButton: Wash has a thing about settlers doing their protection spells properly.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't piss off Wash
* BlessedWithSuck: Lan finds out that there's a downside to having so much power
%%* BreakTheHaughty
%%* BrokenAce
* ChristmasCake: Allie starts worrying about this when Mr Boden starts walking Eff home.
%%* CareerBuildingBlunder
* DeterminedHomesteader: Mr Carpenter is the newest example of this.
%%* DeterminedHomesteadersWife
%%* DreamingOfThingsToCome
%%* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy
%%* DreamingTheTruth
* EnergyAbsorption: [[spoiler:The medusa lizards]]
* EnragedByIdiocy: Prof. Torgeson
* EveryoneIsArmed: West of the Mammoth, at least
* EyeBeam: With a [[spoiler:third eye]] no less!
* FantasticFlora: Magical plants are a staple of the setting. Sometimes as staple foodstuffs, even.
%%* FantasticScience
%%* FearlessFool
%%* ForScience
* TheFundamentalist: The Rationalists at Oak River are slipping into this
* GermanicEfficiency: The leader of the saber-cat hunting group is vaguely Aryan-looking and comes from a settlement with a German name. He's very efficient about the whole business.
%%* HandBlast
%%* HeroicBSOD
* HopeSproutsEternal: The grub-eaten land is slowly recovering from the mirror-bug plague
* HowUnscientific: Torgeson has a problem with publishing untested hypotheses
* LadyOfAdventure: Professor Torgeson. Eff is also coming to her own in this respect.
* LeeroyJenkins: Giles Carpenter, with the expected result for his family.
%%* LifeEnergy
* MasterApprenticeChain: The wooden pendant makes this explicit with Wash and Eff
* [[spoiler:{{Medusa}}]]
%%* MonstersThatEatOtherMonsters
* MrExposition: Wash about Promised Land settlement
%%* NatureIsNotNice
* NorseByNorsewest: Professor Torgeson
%%* PowerCrutch
* PrinciplesZealot: Oak River's settlers
%%* TheProfessor
%%* RecurringDreams
%%* SawedOffShotgun
%%* ScienceHero
* ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Against animals the are immune to magic.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: A few things in the menagerie. They hope to change this.
%%* TakenForGranite
* {{Whatevermancy}}: Geomancy
* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Eff to the children at Promised Land
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Torgeson about the mammoth
%%* TheWildWest
%%* WildWilderness

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