Otto and the Flying Twins

Synopsis

Otto and the Flying Twins, the first of the Karmidee series and the novel before Otto and the Bird Charmers, is a 300 page fantasy for children and adults written by the new British author Charlotte Haptie and first published in 2002. The City of Trees was once filled with dazzling magic, but humans changed all of that. Normals are now determined to wipe out all enchantment, and magical people must hide their powers. Young Otto Hush knows that he doesn't have one drop of magic in him. The Hush family has always been reassuringly conventional. That is, of course, until the day Otto's twin sisters begin to fly. Suddenly everything Otto ever thought was extraordinary becomes ordinary. In fact, Otto is no longer even sure who he is, yet he knows he must take on an incredible responsibility. The evils of greed, prejudice, intolerance, and exploitation are about to destroy the magic forever. City officials are passing regulations requiring magical creatures to suppress their differences, and they are using their "normal" police to force magicals to work at slavish jobs. Otto must help stop them. Charlotte Haptie lives and writes in Scotland. After holding down a number of sensible jobs, she wrote this book, her first novel. It was published in the United Kingdom to great acclaim. The Sunday Times called it "a sophisticated, elliptical fantasy that does not read like anything you have come across before" and went on to declare that "it will reward youngsters ... with its magic, warmth and excitement"

Copyright:

2002

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

304 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780823418268

Publisher:

N/A

Date of Addition:

12/23/05

Copyrighted By:

Charlotte Haptie

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy

Submitted By:

Roger Drewicke

Proofread By:

Patricia Kepler

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.