Thursday, November 7, 2019

For fans of 'Harry Potter' (J.K. Rowling):

The Warrior Heir

Common theme: magic prodigies

Author: Cinda Williams Chima
Series: The Heir Chronicles
Publisher: New York: Hyperion Books for Children, c2006

Teenage protagonist Jack is led to believe he’s a regular kid who needs medication for health reasons, until he fails to take his medicine and discovers the near-tragic power he is capable of.
Jack later learns he comes from a magical group known at the Weirlind. The Weirlind are divided into two opposing houses: the Red Rose and the White Rose that regularly battle it out in deadly duels to determine who is the ruling house.Things turn dire for Jack when he finds himself to be an elligble player for the upcoming duel.

This story is similar to Harry Potter in that the protagonist is a young child who grows up in a mundane world with unfavourable conditions, and then later learn their identity and true destiny is something entirley different and beyond their experience of reality. Both series’ feature magic and wizards, and both are compelling in their writing.

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