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%% * MultiethnicName: Maryann Ochiba.
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* AlternateHistory: Its fairly clear that while we are on Earth, history has not progressed quite the same way. For instance there are no Native Americans.
%% * AntiMagicalFaction: The Society of Progressive Rationalists

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* AlternateHistory: Its It's fairly clear that while we are on Earth, history has not progressed in quite the same way. For instance instance, there are no Native Americans.
%% * AntiMagicalFaction: The Society of Progressive RationalistsRationalists.



* 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.

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* 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 magic, like leveling mountains or damming rivers, but it's kind of useless when you just want to light the cookfire.



* BoringButPractical: Avrupan magic may not be quite as impressive as Afrikan or Cathayan, but it is the king of useful little spells like making heavy things lighter or speeding up travel or lighting a fire.

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* BoringButPractical: Avrupan magic may not be quite as impressive as Afrikan Aphrikan or Cathayan, Hijero-Cathayan, but it is the king of useful little spells like making heavy things lighter or lighter, speeding up travel travel, or lighting a fire.



%% * DownerBeginning: Poor Eff

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%% * DownerBeginning: Poor EffEff.



%% * InHarmonyWithNature: Aphrikan magic

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%% * InHarmonyWithNature: Aphrikan magicmagic.



%% * MagicalNegro: Miss Ochiba

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%% * MagicalNegro: Miss OchibaOchiba.



%% * MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: For the mirror bugs

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%% * MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: For the mirror bugsbugs.



%% * MultiethnicName: Maryann Ochiba

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%% * MultiethnicName: Maryann OchibaOchiba.



* NonMaliciousMonster:None of the monsters from the West are interested in anything other than survival.
* NumerologicalMotif: Seventh sons and thirteenth children

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* NonMaliciousMonster:None NonMaliciousMonster: None of the monsters from the West are interested in anything other than survival.
* NumerologicalMotif: Seventh sons and thirteenth childrenchildren.



%% * ThePatriarch: Professor Rothmer when the family is in Mill City. Back in Helvan Shores, it's his father.
* PrehistoricMonster: Wooly mammoths and rhinoceros appear in the story.
* RiverOfInsanity: The Far West functions as this, as very few people who venture out beyond the Great Plains ever coming back, and none manage to keep their sanity.
%% * SettlingTheFrontier: A large part of the setting.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Eff is the thirteenth child in the family, which is considered unlucky. That's why her extended family hates Eff.

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%% * ThePatriarch: Professor Rothmer Rothmer, when the family is in Mill City. Back in Helvan Shores, it's his father.
* PrehistoricMonster: Wooly Woolly mammoths and rhinoceros rhinoceroses appear in the story.
* RiverOfInsanity: The Far West functions as this, as very few people who venture out beyond the Great Plains ever coming come back, and none manage to keep their sanity.
%% * SettlingTheFrontier: A large significant part of the setting.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Eff is the thirteenth child in the family, which is considered unlucky. That's why her extended family hates Eff.her.



%% * WickedWeasel: Swarming weasels

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%% * WickedWeasel: Swarming weaselsWeasels.



* WorldOfActionGirls: Eff, Miss Ochiba and Prof Torgeson are just a few. Eff even says that the farther west you get, the less people care about what you are than what you can do.
* WizardingSchool: Avrupan magic is a standard school subject from age 10. At the University level all the schools mentioned seem to be exclusively wizards schools.

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* WorldOfActionGirls: Eff, Miss Ochiba and Prof Professor Torgeson are just a few. Eff even says that the farther west you get, go, the less people care about what you are than what you can do.
* WizardingSchool: Avrupan magic is a standard school subject from the age of 10. At the University level university level, all the schools mentioned seem to be exclusively wizards schools.schools of magic.

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* AlternateHistory: Its fairly clear that while we are on Earth history has not progressed quite the same way. For instance there are no Native Americans.
* AntiMagicalFaction: The Society of Progressive Rationalists

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* AlternateHistory: Its fairly clear that while we are on Earth Earth, history has not progressed quite the same way. For instance there are no Native Americans.
%% * AntiMagicalFaction: The Society of Progressive Rationalists



* BadassFamily: The Rothmers
* BadassNormal: William Graham is this by the third book, compared to Eff and Lan. Brant is a more typical example, as he doesn't even use magic, but still managed to save a dozen people from certain death.
* BatOutOfHell: Daybats

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%% * BadassFamily: The Rothmers
* BadassNormal: William Graham is this by the third book, compared to Eff and Lan. Brant is a more typical example, Brant, as he doesn't even use magic, but still managed to save a dozen people from certain death.
%% ** William Graham is this by the third book, compared to Eff and Lan.
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* BatOutOfHell: Daybats



* CantCatchUp: Everyone with regards to Lan, but particularly Eff.

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%% * CantCatchUp: Everyone with regards to Lan, but particularly Eff.



* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer: Miss Ochiba has built her teaching career on these. Incredibly, it works.

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%% * CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer: Miss Ochiba has built her teaching career on these. Incredibly, it works.



* DownerBeginning: Poor Eff
* DreamingTheTruth: Eff has some.

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%% * DownerBeginning: Poor Eff
%% * DreamingTheTruth: Eff has some.



* FeministFantasy
* FirstPersonPerspective

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%% * FeministFantasy
%% * FirstPersonPerspective



* FriendlyRivalry: Lan and William have this going on and off.

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%% * FriendlyRivalry: Lan and William have this going on and off.



* InHarmonyWithNature: Aphrikan magic

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%% * InHarmonyWithNature: Aphrikan magic



* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Almost all of the women in the story.

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%% * KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Almost all of the women in the story.



* MagicalNegro: Miss Ochiba
* MagicalSeventhSon: Both Eff's father and her brother Lan. Eff is a Magical Seventh Daughter.
* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: For the mirror bugs
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Since seventh sons are powerful, many families have numerous children in pursuit of one

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%% * MagicalNegro: Miss Ochiba
%% * MagicalSeventhSon: Both Eff's father and her brother Lan. Eff is a Magical Seventh Daughter.
%% * MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: For the mirror bugs
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Since seventh sons are powerful, many families have numerous children in pursuit of oneone.



* MultiethnicName: Maryann Ochiba

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%% * MultiethnicName: Maryann Ochiba



* NonMaliciousMonster: All of them, really. None of the monsters from the West are interested in anything other than survival.

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* NonMaliciousMonster: All of them, really. None NonMaliciousMonster:None of the monsters from the West are interested in anything other than survival.



* ThePatriarch: Professor Rothmer when the family is in Mill City. Back in Helvan Shores, it's his father.
* PrehistoricMonster: Wooly mammoths and rhinoceros

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%% * ThePatriarch: Professor Rothmer when the family is in Mill City. Back in Helvan Shores, it's his father.
* PrehistoricMonster: Wooly mammoths and rhinoceros appear in the story.



* SettlingTheFrontier: A large part of the setting.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Why her extended family hates Eff
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Eff does this at least once in every book.
* UnableToSupportAWife: Quite yet, explains Roger.
* WickedWeasel: Swarming weasels
* WildWilderness

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%% * SettlingTheFrontier: A large part of the setting.
* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Why Eff is the thirteenth child in the family, which is considered unlucky. That's why her extended family hates Eff
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* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Eff does this at least once in every book.
%% * UnableToSupportAWife: Quite yet, explains Roger.
%% * WickedWeasel: Swarming weasels
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* SettlingTheFrontier: A large part of the setting
* SpiritedYoungLady: Eff, among others.

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* SettlingTheFrontier: A large part of the setting
* SpiritedYoungLady: Eff, among others.
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* AwesomeYetPractical: The Great Barrier Spell, even though no one can figure out how to do it again.
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* DifferentStatesOfAmerica: The United States in this book is one where its westward expansion was halted by the presence of dragons and other magical creatures.
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* TheFarWest
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* MagicalSeventhSon: Both Eff's father and her brother Lan

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* MagicalSeventhSon: Both Eff's father and her brother LanLan. Eff is a Magical Seventh Daughter.
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* 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.


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* BoringButPractical: Avrupan magic may not be quite as impressive as Afrikan or Cathayan, but it is the king of useful little spells like making heavy things lighter or speeding up travel or lighting a fire.
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* AerithAndBob: The names of the baby Medusa Lizards in the 3rd book are Sthenno, Euryale and Fred.
* AlternateHistory: Its fairly clear that while we are on Earth history has not progressed quite the same way. For instance there are no Native Americans.


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* WizardingSchool: Avrupan magic is a standard school subject from age 10. At the University level all the schools mentioned seem to be exclusively wizards schools.
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* ActionGirl
* AllThereInTheManual

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* AsYouKnow

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* BewareTheNiceOnes

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%% * BewareTheNiceOnes



* ChekhovsGun
* CloserToEarth

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%% * ChekhovsGun
%% * CloserToEarth



* ExpositionBreak
* EyeOfNewt
* FantasticRacism
* FantasyCounterpartCulture

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%% * ExpositionBreak
%% * EyeOfNewt
%% * FantasticRacism
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* {{Foreshadowing}}

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%% * {{Foreshadowing}}



* FunctionalMagic
* TheGift
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction
* HappilyMarried
* HighTurnoverRate
* HumansAdvanceSwiftly

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%% * FunctionalMagic
%% * TheGift
%% * GovernmentAgencyOfFiction
%% * HappilyMarried
%% * HighTurnoverRate
%% * HumansAdvanceSwiftly



* IstanbulNotConstantinople

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%% * IstanbulNotConstantinople



* KudzuPlot
* MagicalNegro
* MagicalSeventhSon
* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet
* MassiveNumberedSiblings
* MrExposition

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%% * KudzuPlot
* MagicalNegro
MagicalNegro: Miss Ochiba
* MagicalSeventhSon
MagicalSeventhSon: Both Eff's father and her brother Lan
* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet
MagicIsAMonsterMagnet: For the mirror bugs
* MassiveNumberedSiblings
MassiveNumberedSiblings: Since seventh sons are powerful, many families have numerous children in pursuit of one
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* MrExposition



* NoAntagonist

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* NumerologicalMotif

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* NumerologicalMotifNumerologicalMotif: Seventh sons and thirteenth children



* SettlingTheFrontier

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* SettlingTheFrontierSettlingTheFrontier: A large part of the setting



* ThirteenIsUnlucky

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* ThirteenIsUnluckyThirteenIsUnlucky: Why her extended family hates Eff



* WiseBeyondTheirYears
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility

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%% * WiseBeyondTheirYears
%% * WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility
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* UnableToSupportAWife: Quite yet, explains Roger.


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* DreamingTheTruth: Eff has some.
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Frontier Magic is a trilogy of YoungAdult novels by PatriciaCWrede. The books are:

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Frontier Magic is a trilogy of YoungAdult novels by PatriciaCWrede.Creator/PatriciaCWrede. The books are:

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* AntiMagicalFaction

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* AntiMagicalFactionAntiMagicalFaction: The Society of Progressive Rationalists



* AwesomeYetPractical
* BadassFamily
* BadassNormal
* BatOutOfHell

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* AwesomeYetPractical
AwesomeYetPractical: The Great Barrier Spell, even though no one can figure out how to do it again.
* BadassFamily
BadassFamily: The Rothmers
* BadassNormal
BadassNormal: William Graham is this by the third book, compared to Eff and Lan. Brant is a more typical example, as he doesn't even use magic, but still managed to save a dozen people from certain death.
* BatOutOfHellBatOutOfHell: Daybats



* CantCatchUp
* TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn: “That's one way to look at it. There are always others.”

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* CantCatchUp
* TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn: “That's one way
CantCatchUp: Everyone with regards to look at it. There are always others.”Lan, but particularly Eff.



* CrapsaccharineWorld
* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer
* CultuteChopSuey
* DownerBeginning
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy

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* CrapsaccharineWorld
CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer: Miss Ochiba has built her teaching career on these. Incredibly, it works.
* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer
DownerBeginning: Poor Eff
* CultuteChopSuey
* DownerBeginning
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy
ExoticWeaponSupremacy: Or, rather, Exotic Magic Supremacy. Avrupan magic is never as effective as Aphrikan or Hijero-Cathayan.



* FantasyCounterpartCulter



* FriendlyRivalry

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* FriendlyRivalryFriendlyRivalry: Lan and William have this going on and off.



* InformedSwearing
* InHarmonyWithNature
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery

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* InformedSwearing
InHarmonyWithNature: Aphrikan magic
* InHarmonyWithNature
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery
KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Almost all of the women in the story.



* MultiethnicName

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* MultiethnicNameMultiethnicName: Maryann Ochiba



* NonMaliciousMonster

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* NonMaliciousMonsterNonMaliciousMonster: All of them, really. None of the monsters from the West are interested in anything other than survival.



* OnlyKnownByInitials

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* OnlyKnownByInitialsOnlyKnownByInitials: Eff is actually short for Francine.



* PrehistoricMonster
* RiverOfInsanity

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* PrehistoricMonster
PrehistoricMonster: Wooly mammoths and rhinoceros
* RiverOfInsanityRiverOfInsanity: The Far West functions as this, as very few people who venture out beyond the Great Plains ever coming back, and none manage to keep their sanity.



* SpiritedYoungLady

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* SpiritedYoungLadySpiritedYoungLady: Eff, among others.



* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential
* WickedWeasel

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* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential
TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential: Eff does this at least once in every book.
* WickedWeaselWickedWeasel: Swarming weasels



* WorldOfActionGirls

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* WorldOfActionGirlsWorldOfActionGirls: Eff, Miss Ochiba and Prof Torgeson are just a few. Eff even says that the farther west you get, the less people care about what you are than what you can do.
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* TheFarWestTheFarWest

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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!! This series provides examples of:
* ActionGirl
* AllThereInTheManual
* AntiMagicalFaction
* AsYouKnow
* AwesomeYetPractical
* BadassFamily
* BadassNormal
* BatOutOfHell
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CantCatchUp
* TheCatchPhraseCatchesOn: “That's one way to look at it. There are always others.”
* ChekhovsGun
* CloserToEarth
* CrapsaccharineWorld
* CrypticallyUnhelpfulAnswer
* CultuteChopSuey
* DownerBeginning
* ExoticWeaponSupremacy
* ExpositionBreak
* EyeOfNewt
* FantasticRacism
* FeministFantasy
* FirstPersonPerspective
* {{Foreshadowing}}
* FriendlyRivalry
* FunctionalMagic
* TheGift
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction
* HappilyMarried
* HighTurnoverRate
* HumansAdvanceSwiftly
* InformedSwearing
* InHarmonyWithNature
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery
* KudzuPlot
* MagicalNegro
* MagicalSeventhSon
* MagicIsAMonsterMagnet
* MassiveNumberedSiblings
* MrExposition
* MultiethnicName
* NoAntagonist
* NonMaliciousMonster
* NumerologicalMotif
* OnlyKnownByInitials
* ThePatriarch: Professor Rothmer when the family is in Mill City. Back in Helvan Shores, it's his father.
* PrehistoricMonster
* RiverOfInsanity
* SettlingTheFrontier
* SpiritedYoungLady
* ThirteenIsUnlucky
* TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential
* WickedWeasel
* WildWilderness
* WiseBeyondTheirYears
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility
* WorldOfActionGirls
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Frontier Magic is a trilogy of YoungAdult novels by PatriciaCWrede. The books are:
* ThirteenthChild
* AcrossTheGreatBarrier
* TheFarWest

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