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Carry On

Rainbow Rowell

Simon Snow enters his final year at the Watford School of Magicks hoping for a quieter time. Instead, he faces a danger that is erasing magic and takes on its form as an eleven-year-old Simon. An orphan regarded by wizards as their chosen figure, Simon has long clashed with his roommate, Baz, whom he suspects is a vampire. When Baz’s late mother appears as a ghost, the two make an uneasy alliance to investigate the attack that killed her.

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Themes
Friendship · Imagination · Mystery And Discovery · School
Format
Paperback
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published
October 6, 2015
ISBN-13
9781250135025
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2016Fiction for Young Adults
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