Journal Entry 1 by luckaye from Logan City, Queensland Australia on Friday, December 16, 2011

In a peaceful, prosperous African American neighborhood in Los Angeles, Mack Street is a mystery child who has somehow found a home . Discovered abandoned in an overgrown park, raised by a blunt-speaking single woman, Mack comes and goes from family to family -- a boy who is at once surrounded by boisterous characters and deeply alone. But while Mack senses that he is different from most, and knows that he has strange powers, he cannot understand how unusual he is until the day he sees, in a thin slice of space, a narrow house. Beyond it is a backyard -- and an entryway into an extraordinary world stretching off into an exotic distance of geography, history, and magic.

Passing through the skinny house that no one else can see, Mack is plunged into a realm where time and reality are skewed, a place where what Mack does seems to have strange effects on the "real world" of concrete, cars, commerce, and conflict. Growing into a tall, powerful young man, pursuing a forbidden relationship, and using Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as a guide into the vast, timeless fantasy world, Mack becomes a player in an epic drama. Understanding this drama is Mack's challenge. His reward, if he can survive the trip, is discovering not only who he really is . . . but why he exists.

Both a novel of constantly surprising entertainment and a tale of breathtaking literary power, Magic Street is a masterwork from a supremely gifted, utterly original American writer -- a novel that uses realism and fantasy to delight, challenge, and satisfy on the most profound levels.

 

Journal Entry 2 by luckaye at Logan City, Queensland Australia on Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Released 3 mos ago (2/21/2012 UTC) at Logan City, Queensland Australia

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Via BookMooch.com 

Journal Entry 3 by gimboid at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Sunday, February 26, 2012

Bookmooch angel mooch. 

Journal Entry 4 by gimboid at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Sunday, February 26, 2012

Released 3 mos ago (2/26/2012 UTC) at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia

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To High River, Canada via Bookmooch. 

Journal Entry 5 by brittanyn at High River, Alberta Canada on Friday, May 04, 2012

I received this book via BookMooch (much thanks to gimboid and luckaye!). I'm an avid reader of Orson Scott Card's books so I can't wait to get started on this one and then share it with the world. I hope to update soon. :)