{"product_id":"even-and-odd-isbn-9780358350385","title":"Even and Odd","description":"\u003cp\u003eA half-magic girl learns about heroism and taking action when she and her sister confront a wizard who endangers others for her own gain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven and Odd are sisters who share magic. Lately, though, it seems like that’s the only thing they have in common. Odd doesn’t like magic, and Even practices it every chance she gets, dreaming of the day she’ll be ready to be a hero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the hidden border between the mundane world the sisters live in and the magical land they were born in shuts abruptly, the girls are trapped, unable to return home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of a unicorn named Jeremy, they discover a wizard is diverting magic from the border to bolster her own power. Families are cut off from each other on both sides of the border, and an ecological disaster is brewing. But the wizard cares nothing for the calamitous effects her appropriation of magic is having. Someone has to do something to stop her, and Even realizes she can no longer wait until she’s ready: she needs to be a hero now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSibling Story:\u003c\/b\u003e Even lives for her magic days; her sister Odd can’t stand them. But when they’re trapped on the wrong side of the border, they’ll have to rely on each other—and the magic they share—to survive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePortal Fantasy Adventure:\u003c\/b\u003e Getting home means a dangerous quest through the whimsical and unpredictable world of Firoth, a land they can barely remember.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMagical Creatures:\u003c\/b\u003e From a unicorn named Jeremy with a love for soda to centaurs, elves, and shrieking mermaids, Firoth is filled with friends and foes at every turn.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eComing of Age:\u003c\/b\u003e Even always dreamed of being a hero when she was ready. But with her family and two worlds in peril, she learns that sometimes you have to be brave enough to act, ready or not.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Juxtaposing the sisters’ real world with a whimsical one populated by unicorns, dragons, mermaids, and more, Durst inserts a subtle message about the separation of families through closed borders.... [A] feel-good portal fantasy.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Using the unrest at the border, Durst deftly weaves in a narrative of the separation of families with themes of standing up to unchecked power and finding the hero within.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Humor abounds... Whimsical fun.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Clarion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889928630501,"sku":"NP9780358350385","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780358350385.jpg?v=1730232208","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/even-and-odd-isbn-9780358350385","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}