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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are fifteen wolves all-together in the wolf pack alone, though most end up dying or leaving eventually. When it comes to named characters there are well over twenty.
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** Hope is the only one out of her litter to survive a forest fire.
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** Hope [[spoiler:Hope]] is the only one out of her litter to survive a forest fire.
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* AnimalReligion: Briefly implied due to Maggie's reference to souls.
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* AlphaAndBetaWolves: Subverted. The pack does have an "alpha" pair, but this is because it's a mixed pack. It's implied that Blue Boy's original pack was more ordinary, consisting of just him, his mate, and their pups.
* AnimalReligion: Briefly implied due to Maggie'sreference references to souls.
* AnimalReligion: Briefly implied due to Maggie's
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* DarkHorseSibling: Hope is the runt of her litter and is expected to die. Yet, she's the [[spoiler:only one of her litter to survive into adulthood]].
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* NeverGivenAName: Blue Boy is reluctant to name his runt pup because runts usually die. As it turns out, the runt [[spoiler: is the only one]] who survives into adulthood. She is named "Hope" after surviving the fire that [[spoiler:killed the rest of her litter]]. Due to Hope, Blue Boy names the runt of his next litter. Unfortunately, Rider doesn't make it to adulthood.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Magpies are considered rather advanced birds. Unlike most animals, they can pass the "mirror test" (which suggests self-awareness) and understand that when objects disappear behind objects that they're not truly gone (which is something humans learn as toddlers). Magpies in ''Firstborn'', however, are scatterbrained and annoying.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: ArtisticLicenseOrnithology: Magpies are considered rather advanced birds. Unlike most animals, they can pass the "mirror test" (which suggests self-awareness) and understand that when objects disappear behind objects that they're not truly gone (which is something humans learn as toddlers). Magpies in ''Firstborn'', however, are scatterbrained and annoying.
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* TrashOfTheTitans: Maggie's mate Dan hoards garbage.
* TheWidow: Artemis' mate Kyle ended up killed when he ran into a glacier running from Lamar
* TheWidow: Artemis' mate Kyle ended up killed when he ran into a glacier running from Lamar
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* TrashOfTheTitans: Maggie's mate Dan hoards garbage.
* TheWidow: Artemis' mate Kyle ended up killed when he ran into a glacier running from Lamargarbage.
* TheWidow: Artemis' mate Kyle ended up killed when he ran into a glacier running from Lamar
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* MeaningfulName: Blue Boy is a male wolf with a bluish pelt.
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* OfficialCouple: Lamar and Alberta become the alpha pair early on and never break up, unlike Frick and Lupa, or otherwise get separated.
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* OfficialCouple: Lamar Blue Boy and Alberta become the alpha pair early on and never break up, unlike Frick and Lupa, or otherwise get separated.
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* SicklyChildGrewUpStrong: Hope was the runt of her litter and was expected to die. She not only ''didn't'' die as a pup, but [[spoiler:she was the SoleSurvivor of not only her litter but her aunt's litter]].
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Maggie is an unusual magpie who is more inquisitive and intelligent than what is common for her species. Maggie isn't interested in the "normal" magpie life of having children and collecting trinkets. When she ends up befriending a crow, her world is opened. Maggie decides to leave her mature and see beyond her birthplace. Along the way, Maggie meets a large wolf named "Blue Boy". Blue Boy lets Maggie tagalong with him as he escapes captivity.
Though Maggie is the protagonist who the book is in the [=POV=] of, the real stars are the wolves. Blueboy ends up the leader of a wolf pack that the story focuses on. Blue Boy's oldest child, Lamar, is a central character however he doesn't appear until several chapters in. ''Firstborn'' mainly follows Blueboy and Lamar though Maggie's eyes.
Though Maggie is the protagonist who the book is in the [=POV=] of, the real stars are the wolves. Blueboy ends up the leader of a wolf pack that the story focuses on. Blue Boy's oldest child, Lamar, is a central character however he doesn't appear until several chapters in. ''Firstborn'' mainly follows Blueboy and Lamar though Maggie's eyes.
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Maggie is an unusual magpie who is more inquisitive and intelligent than what is common for her species. Maggie isn't interested in the "normal" magpie life of having children and collecting trinkets. When she ends up befriending a crow, her world is opened. suddenly opened up. Maggie decides to leave her mature mate and see beyond her birthplace. Along the way, Maggie meets befriends a large wolf named "Blue Boy". Blue Boy lets Maggie tagalong with him as he escapes from captivity.
Though Maggie is the protagonistwho and the book is in the [=POV=] of, from her [=POV=], the real stars are the wolves. Blueboy Blue Boy ends up the leader of a wolf pack that the story focuses on. Blue Boy's oldest child, Lamar, is a central character character, however he doesn't appear until several chapters in. ''Firstborn'' mainly follows Blueboy Blue Boy and Lamar though through Maggie's eyes.
Though Maggie is the protagonist
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Magpies are considered rather advanced birds. Unlike most animals, they can pass the "mirror test" (which suggests self-awareness) and understand that when objects disappear behind objects that they're not truly gone (which is something humans learn as toddlers). Magpies in ''Firstborn'' however are scatterbrained and annoying.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Magpies are considered rather advanced birds. Unlike most animals, they can pass the "mirror test" (which suggests self-awareness) and understand that when objects disappear behind objects that they're not truly gone (which is something humans learn as toddlers). Magpies in ''Firstborn'' however ''Firstborn'', however, are scatterbrained and annoying.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Maggie has hated her name since she received it. Its alterative nature and common nature embarrasses her.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Maggie has hated her name since she received it. Its alterative nature and common alliterative nature embarrasses her.her and she also dislikes it for being too "common".
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** Lamar is very sensitive and overly curious for a wolf, especially a firstborn pup. He's [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon very little like his dad]] aside from his looks.
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** Lamar is very sensitive and overly curious for a wolf, especially for a firstborn pup. He's [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon very little like his dad]] aside from his looks.
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* SoleSurvivor:
** Blue Boy's mate and pups were killed by rivals when he was captured by humans.
** Hope is the only one out of her litter to survive a forest fire.
** Blue Boy's mate and pups were killed by rivals when he was captured by humans.
** Hope is the only one out of her litter to survive a forest fire.
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** Of Blue Boy's and Alberta's litter, the runt named "Rider" ends up taken by an owl.
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** Of Blue Boy's and Alberta's second litter, the runt named "Rider" ends up taken by an owl.
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''Firstborn'' is a {{xenofiction}} children's novel by Tor Seidler. It stars a magpie named Maggie as she grows up.
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''Firstborn'' is a {{xenofiction}} children's novel by Tor Seidler. It stars a magpie named Maggie as she grows up.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Magpies are considered rather advanced birds. Unlike most animals, they can pass the "mirror test" (which suggests self-awareness) and understand that when objects disappear behind objects that they're not truly gone (which is something humans learn as toddlers). Magpies in ''Firstborn'' however are scatterbrained and annoying.
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** Lamar is very sensitive and overly curious for a wolf, especially a firstborn pup. He's [[UnlikeFatherUnlikeSon very little like his dad]] aside from his looks.
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** Lamar is very sensitive and overly curious for a wolf, especially a firstborn pup. He's [[UnlikeFatherUnlikeSon [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon very little like his dad]] aside from his looks.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer:
** Lamar is very sensitive and overly curious for a wolf, especially a firstborn pup. He's [[UnlikeFatherUnlikeSon very little like his dad]] aside from his looks.
** Maggie's not much like other magpies and doesn't enjoy associating with them.
** Lamar is very sensitive and overly curious for a wolf, especially a firstborn pup. He's [[UnlikeFatherUnlikeSon very little like his dad]] aside from his looks.
** Maggie's not much like other magpies and doesn't enjoy associating with them.
* CareerEndingInjury: Frick ended up severely burned in a fire. This left his hind-legs injured, so he could no longer hunt with the others. He eventually ended up becoming their go-to for medicine.
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** Blue Boy's entire pack, including his pups and mate, were wiped out while he was captured by humans.
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** Blue Boy's entire pack, including his pups and mate, mate Bess were wiped out by a neighboring pack while he was captured by humans.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: A reoccuring theme is this. Wolves befriending magpies, wolves befriending coyotes, magpies befriending crows, crows befriending parrots, etc.
* NobleWolf: Most of the wolves are of this variety. They're perfectly normal animals.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: A reoccuring theme is this. Wolves befriending magpies, wolves befriending coyotes, magpies befriending crows, crows befriending parrots, etc.
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* TheHoarder: Maggie's mate Dan hoards knickknacks and junk, much to her horror.
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* TrashOfTheTitans: Maggie's mate Dan hoards garbage.
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* AnimalReligion: Briefly implied due to Maggie's reference to souls.
* AnyoneCanDie: A large number of the cast dies. [[spoiler:Jackson, five of the original six pups, two from Alberta's second litter, and Sully]].
* CoolUncle: Inverted. Blue Boy's brother Sully is considered by him to be a wimp and a traitor, though Lamar is fond of him.
* AnyoneCanDie: A large number of the cast dies. [[spoiler:Jackson, five of the original six pups, two from Alberta's second litter, and Sully]].
* CoolUncle: Inverted. Blue Boy's brother Sully is considered by him to be a wimp and a traitor, though Lamar is fond of him.
* FantasticRacism:
** Other animals consider magpies to be "empty-headed chatterboxes".
** Maggie repeatedly mentions that she doesn't think land-bound animals have souls. She learns to like them after befriending Blue Boy, and even begins to doubt her beliefs, though.
* TheHoarder: Maggie's mate Dan hoards knickknacks and junk, much to her horror.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Maggie fell for a bluebird named Trilby. It was one-sided though.
** Blue Boy suggests that Lamar has a crush on Artemis, but it's never specified if he was joking or not.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are fifteen wolves all-together in the wolf pack alone, though most end up dying or leaving eventually. When it comes to named characters there are well over twenty.
** Other animals consider magpies to be "empty-headed chatterboxes".
** Maggie repeatedly mentions that she doesn't think land-bound animals have souls. She learns to like them after befriending Blue Boy, and even begins to doubt her beliefs, though.
* TheHoarder: Maggie's mate Dan hoards knickknacks and junk, much to her horror.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Maggie fell for a bluebird named Trilby. It was one-sided though.
** Blue Boy suggests that Lamar has a crush on Artemis, but it's never specified if he was joking or not.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are fifteen wolves all-together in the wolf pack alone, though most end up dying or leaving eventually. When it comes to named characters there are well over twenty.
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* InterspeciesRomance:
** Maggie fell for a bluebird named Trilby. It was one-sided though.
** Blue Boy suggests that Lamar has a crush on Artemis, but it's never specified if he was joking or not.
** Maggie fell for a bluebird named Trilby. It was one-sided though.
** Blue Boy suggests that Lamar has a crush on Artemis, but it's never specified if he was joking or not.
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* InterspeciesRomance:
**OfficialCouple: Lamar and Alberta become the alpha pair early on and never break up, unlike Frick and Lupa, or otherwise get separated.
* ParentalAbandonment: Admittedly they were adults, but Maggiefell for a bluebird named Trilby. It ditches her children and mate early into the story. She was one-sided though.
** Blue Boy suggests that Lamar has a crush on Artemis, but it'snever specified if particularly fond of them.
* TheWidow: Artemis' mate Kyle ended up killed when hewas joking or not.ran into a glacier running from Lamar
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* ParentalAbandonment: Admittedly they were adults, but Maggie
** Blue Boy suggests that Lamar has a crush on Artemis, but it's
* TheWidow: Artemis' mate Kyle ended up killed when he
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: Maggie has hated her name since she received it. It's alterative nature and common nature embarrasses her.
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''Firstborn'' is a {{xenofiction}} children's novel by Tor Seidler. It stars a magpie named Maggie as she grows up.
Maggie is an unusual magpie who is more inquisitive and intelligent than what is common for her species. Maggie isn't interested in the "normal" magpie life of having children and collecting trinkets. When she ends up befriending a crow, her world is opened. Maggie decides to leave her mature and see beyond her birthplace. Along the way, Maggie meets a large wolf named "Blue Boy". Blue Boy lets Maggie tagalong with him as he escapes captivity.
Though Maggie is the protagonist who the book is in the [=POV=] of, the real stars are the wolves. Blueboy ends up the leader of a wolf pack that the story focuses on. Blue Boy's oldest child, Lamar, is a central character however he doesn't appear until several chapters in. ''Firstborn'' mainly follows Blueboy and Lamar though Maggie's eyes.
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!!''Firstborn'' contains examples of:
* DeathOfAChild:
** Blue Boy's entire pack, including his pups and mate, were wiped out while he was captured by humans.
** Hope is the SoleSurvivor of not only Blue Boy and Alberta's first litter but also Frick's and Lupa's only litter.
** Of Blue Boy's and Alberta's litter, the runt named "Rider" ends up taken by an owl.
** Blue Boy's three sisters all died as pups.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Maggie has hated her name since she received it. It's alterative nature and common nature embarrasses her.
* OddFriendship:
** Maggie's friendship with Jackson (a crow) and Blueboy (a wolf) are unusual for their species.
** Lamar befriends a coyote named Artemis.
* InterspeciesFriendship: A reoccuring theme is this. Wolves befriending magpies, wolves befriending coyotes, magpies befriending crows, crows befriending parrots, etc.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Maggie fell for a bluebird named Trilby. It was one-sided though.
** Blue Boy suggests that Lamar has a crush on Artemis, but it's never specified if he was joking or not.
Maggie is an unusual magpie who is more inquisitive and intelligent than what is common for her species. Maggie isn't interested in the "normal" magpie life of having children and collecting trinkets. When she ends up befriending a crow, her world is opened. Maggie decides to leave her mature and see beyond her birthplace. Along the way, Maggie meets a large wolf named "Blue Boy". Blue Boy lets Maggie tagalong with him as he escapes captivity.
Though Maggie is the protagonist who the book is in the [=POV=] of, the real stars are the wolves. Blueboy ends up the leader of a wolf pack that the story focuses on. Blue Boy's oldest child, Lamar, is a central character however he doesn't appear until several chapters in. ''Firstborn'' mainly follows Blueboy and Lamar though Maggie's eyes.
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!!''Firstborn'' contains examples of:
* DeathOfAChild:
** Blue Boy's entire pack, including his pups and mate, were wiped out while he was captured by humans.
** Hope is the SoleSurvivor of not only Blue Boy and Alberta's first litter but also Frick's and Lupa's only litter.
** Of Blue Boy's and Alberta's litter, the runt named "Rider" ends up taken by an owl.
** Blue Boy's three sisters all died as pups.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Maggie has hated her name since she received it. It's alterative nature and common nature embarrasses her.
* OddFriendship:
** Maggie's friendship with Jackson (a crow) and Blueboy (a wolf) are unusual for their species.
** Lamar befriends a coyote named Artemis.
* InterspeciesFriendship: A reoccuring theme is this. Wolves befriending magpies, wolves befriending coyotes, magpies befriending crows, crows befriending parrots, etc.
* InterspeciesRomance:
** Maggie fell for a bluebird named Trilby. It was one-sided though.
** Blue Boy suggests that Lamar has a crush on Artemis, but it's never specified if he was joking or not.
