The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents
$31.09
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
7 January 2025
Summary
A middle grade magic school fantasy perfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil and Witchlings, in which a girl with unparalleled power must work with her misfit classmates to save her new school.
Lavinia “Vin” Lucas is out of control and out of options. Stranded by parents who would rather use their average magical abilities to study dung beetles than raise her, Vin’s been on her own for years. But she’s never been able to corral her own powerful, unpredictable magic. After year…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593528518 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593528514 |
| Author: | Nicki Pau Preto |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 7 January 2025 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 148mm x 217mm |
| Series: | The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Critics Review
“The heart, humor, and hijinks of middle grade are at their best in The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents. A story full of found family, magic, and learning to believe in yourself, it’s sure to appeal to fans of Jessica Townsend’s Nevermoor series.”—Kalyn Josephson, New York Times bestselling author of the Ravenfall series
“An absolute masterpiece full of breathless magic and charming characters. Readers will find the pages all but turning on their own as Nicki Pau Preto leads us from wonder to mystery and everything in between.”—Scott Reintgen, New York Times bestselling author of A Door in the Dark
“Brimming with magic, mystery, and heart, this story was an action-packed delight from start to finish. Vin is a lovable heroine worth rooting for, and Nicki Pau Preto delivers a fresh, fascinating new world that any reader—delinquent or not—would want to belong to.”—Jessica Khoury, Author of The Mystwick School of Musicraft and the Skyborn series
“This engaging magic school story has hijinks, humor, mystery, and action … An absorbing, mischief-filled fantasy”—Kirkus Reviews
[An] empowering fantasy…Propulsive pacing and a mischievous sense of humor characterize…Pau Preto’s high-spirited middle grade debut.”—Publishers Weekly
“The perfect book (and new series) for middle-grade readers who love series like The School for Good and Evil and Harry Potter.”—Booklist
Nicki Pau Preto
Nicki Pau Preto is a fantasy author living just outside of Toronto-though her dislike of hockey, snow, and geese makes her the worst Canadian in the country. She studied art and art history in university and worked as a graphic designer before becoming a writer full-time. She is the author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy and Bonesmith.
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