Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy
By Angie Thomas
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Internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas makes her middle grade debut with the launch of an inventive, hilarious, and suspenseful new contemporary fantasy trilogy inspired by African American history and folklore.
It’s not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool—like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much—like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor.
All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events launch Nic and two friends on a hunt for a powerful magic tool she’s never heard of...to save her father from imprisonment for a crime she refuses to believe he committed.
Angie Thomas
Angie Thomas is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novels The Hate U Give, On the Come Up, and Concrete Rose as well as Find Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth. She is also a coauthor of the bestselling collaborative novels Blackout and Whiteout. Angie divides her time between her native Jackson, Mississippi, and Atlanta, Georgia. You can find her online at angiethomas.com.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.---I've tried to write a favorable post about this book a couple of times now, and I've failed. I've got to get this back to the Library soon, so I need to get something done. So...here are some bullet points describing why readers should avoid the book.WHAT'S THE BOOK JACKET SAY ABOUT THE MANIFESTOR PROPHECY?I guess, to be fair, we should start with some facts. Here's what the jacket copy has to say: It’s not easy being a Remarkable in the Unremarkable world. Some things are cool—like getting a pet hellhound for your twelfth birthday. Others, not so much—like not being trusted to learn magic because you might use it to take revenge on an annoying neighbor. All Nic Blake wants is to be a powerful Manifestor like her dad. But before she has a chance to convince him to teach her the gift, a series of shocking revelations and terrifying events launch Nic and two friends on a hunt for a powerful magic tool she’s never heard of...to save her father from imprisonment for a crime she refuses to believe he committed. From internationally bestselling superstar author Angie Thomas comes a wildly inventive, hilarious, and suspenseful new contemporary fantasy trilogy inspired by African American history and folklore, featuring a fierce, irrepressible character who will win your heart.REASONS TO AVOID ITIn no particular order, just the way they occurred to me:* As all good Fantasy readers know, there's a plethora of books (especially for MG audiences) with magic systems largely based on African American myths and folklore. It's the same old-same old here, give me some WASP-y fantasy!* An MG-book featuring a strong father-daughter connection, however flawed by good intentions and human nature? Bah. Who needs that?* We don't need a respectful, but still pointed, take on a certain magical boarding school series.* The fact that there's a way for Muggles, I mean Unremarkables, to access magic on their own is such a bad idea and adds nothing new to the genre.* In many ways, you get the impression (although it might not be the case) that Coogler's Black Panther influenced this storyline and world. Of all the superhero movies, why this one?* The protagonist and her best friend be prepared for their adventures because of their devoted fandom of a series of fantasy novels. Nerds shouldn't be action heroes. They should stay in their lane.* "Chosen One post-traumatic stress disorder?" Listen, the notion of a Chosen One is sacrosanct and should be treated that way.* It's a Middle-Grade book, it shouldn't acknowledge (but not dwell on) things like issues with the prison system, racism, the Underground Railroad, the Civil Rights Movement, and so on.* Protagonists (and main characters) who make mistakes—serious ones—and have to adjust their behavior are not the examples that Middle-Grade readers need.* Nic Blake finds herself as part of two supportive and encouraging multi-generational communities (who don't see eye to eye, it should be said) and gets help from both when she needs it. But it's not just help for her—the communities help each other—largely because it's needed, not that they get anything in return.* There's a sense of fun and joy that pervades the entire book, without detracting from the stakes, and that's such a turn-off.SO, WHAT DID I THINK ABOUT THE MANIFESTOR PROPHECY?Okay, fine...there are few reasons not to read this book, really. It's a fun world filled great characters (both minor and major), and I'm ready to read the sequel today (if only so I can have another chance at writing something about the series).
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Obviously a certain boy wizard looms large over middle-grade offerings in this genre, but this distinguished itself nicely with some twists as well as by refreshingly staying away from a boarding school setting and by weaving in black history of both the past and present. I liked Nic’s complicated family situation, it definitely has potential to add to the depth of the series as it goes along, although in this first book there were moments I craved a little more emotion and a couple more conversations between certain characters.There were some escapes from danger that came off as a little convenient but those were balanced out with instances where Nic believably used her intellect to find her way through scrapes. Readers who crave a quick pace will appreciate that this one never drags, there’s also humor sprinkled here and there, a strong friendship, and a couple adorable hellhounds.
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