Seventh Son
by Orson Scott Card · first published 1987
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In an alternate version of frontier America, young Alvin is the seventh son of a seventh son, and such a birth is powerful magic. Yet even in the loving safety of his home, dark forces reach out to destroy him. Age rating: 10+
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…Twain, various stories but particularly the Diary of Adam & Eve The Jungle Book by Kipling Lost Horizon Robinson Crusoe Dune Series Enders Game and sequels. The Odyssey The Count of Monte Cristo Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card because it helped me understand that a cultures internally consumed fiction tells you about its values. The book of Ecclesiastes. The book of Job. Leviticus 25. Galatians 5:22-23.…
on “Ask HN: Life Changing Books?” ↗…the way) Card definitely has his own style with his work. Whether it's great or not is dependant on the reader - http://one-starreviews.tumblr.com/ gives some fantastic examples. If you can, try the Seventh Son series though. easier read than Speaker or Xenocide, and very interesting IMO.
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