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Originally published 8 January 2013 Genre Children's literature | 4/5 Goodreads Followed by Jinx's Magic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jinx is the first novel in a middle-grades children's fantasy trilogy by Sage Blackwood, published by Harper Collins in 2013. Set in a sentient primeval forest called The Urwald, the novel follows the adventures of a boy named Jinx who is abandoned in the forest and rescued by the wizard Simon Magus. Jinx grows up in Simon's house. After the wizard does a spell on Jinx that causes him to lose his ability to see others' emotions, Jinx runs away to seek help from the evil Bonemaster.
The second and third books in the trilogy are Jinx's Magic (2014) and Jinx's Fire (2015).
Reception
According to The New York Times, the story is magical and brilliant but the character story leaves something to be desired. The book was selected as a Best Book of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, Booklist, the Chicago Public Library, and Amazon.
Jinx was among the purchases made by President Obama at a D.C. area independent bookstore on the 2013 Thanksgiving weekend Small Business Saturday.