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All Jack Artizan wished for was to fit in. As if feeling "different" from other eleven-year-olds wasn't enough, dreams of a strange land, where a golden LyreBird fills the air with a song and from which its denizens draw their magic, lately add to Jack's troubles. But when the LyreBird is... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jack Artizan: Add a description of this character.
- Michael
- Sophia
- Mr. Sandman
- Azul
- Ricky Marole
- Aureoline
- Whimzee
- Jules
- Master Gaggatte
- Kirk
- Mr. Persnickety
- Azalea
- Madame Matilda
- Mike
- Celeste
- Atropa
- Muse
- Terry
- Massioa
- Christopher
- Marigold
- Book
- Emily Penrose
- Mrs. Ellenstore
- Birdsgrave
Quotes edit
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“Jack was a June baby, born a preemie on Friday the 13th. That made him a Gemini—a very unlucky Gemini.”
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“Jack thought Lady Luck was always screening his calls. If, after a long vacation, Luck came home, before she could put away her luggage, how stunned Luck would be to see six-hundred and sixty-six new voice messages from Jack; each demanding to know where Luck had been, and each, more whiny and pathetic than the next.”
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“...Jack learned many things; some facts he knew, other facts he would learn. Like how in past centuries there existed generations of “Earthen Intuits” before Amelia Earhart. There was William Shakespeare, Leonardo da Vinci, Charles Darwin, and after her the likes of Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others who’d made the one-way trip to aid the Earth realm in her progress. — pg 403”
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“Jack decided to wait by the river for his companions. To kill time, he peered into his pouch and picked a broken daisy from the leaves. “I’ll get home,” he said, plucking a petal from the daisy. “I won’t get home,” he said, plucking another into the air. “I’ll get home. I won’t get home.” The last petal stared back at him. It was a conjoined petal and this made Jack sigh heavily.”
Setting & Locations edit
- Prince Bergamot
- Brooklyn
- Massoia
- Freesia
- Palace
- Yellow Woods
- Indigo
- Numino City
- Wistaria
- Anisia
- Jaia
First Sentence edit
The boy gasped, inhaling all the air in the small room.
Table of Contents edit
A Warning to the Bearer of this Book
Prologue: Who Killed the LyreBird?
Chapter 1: A Dream Come True
Chapter 2: The Artizans
Chapter 3: Rock, Paper, Scissors
Chapter 4: Justice Under Janus
Chapter 5: Down the Green Mile
Chapter 6: The Golden Ruler
Chapter 7: Opposites Subtract
Chapter 8: Borrowed Time
Chapter 9: Sweet Nothings
Chapter 10: Jack's Horror Scope
Chapter 11: The Family Curse
Chapter 12: The Dreamcatchers
Chapter 13: A Nightmare on Main Street
Chapter 14: A Bicycle Built for Two
Chapter 15: Three Blind Tykes
Chapter 16: A Paranormal Paradise
Chapter 17: The Kismet
Chapter 18: The Princess and the Sparrow
Chapter 19: Paved with Gold
Chapter 20: A Thing-a-Majik
Chapter 21: Dead Boys Tell No Tales
Chapter 22: Spray it, Don't Say it
Chapter 23: Jack Gets Cold Feet
Chapter 24: Michael's Crucible
Chapter 25: Into the Yellow Woods
Chapter 26: Wishing-Well Cards
Chapter 27: Original Magic
Chapter 28: A Good Omen
Chapter 29: The Children's New Clothes
Chapter 30: Pomegranate Park
Chapter 31: The Day Kids Declared War
Chapter 32: The Pursuit of Magic
Chapter 33: The Girl Who Cried Wolf
Chapter 34: The School of Hard Knocks
Chapter 35: How to Really Fly a Kite
Chapter 36: Return to Eureka Lane
Chapter 37: Soul Searching
Chapter 38: Can You Hear the Second Voice?
Chapter 39: The Vision Quest
Chapter 40: Journey to Birdsgrave
Chapter 41: The Longest Way Round
Chapter 42: Indigo's Handiwork
Chapter 43: The Mainstream and Denial
Chapter 44: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Chapter 45: A Secret Fellowship
Chapter 46: The First War
Chapter 47: Ploys will be Ploys
Chapter 48: A Sign From Above
Chapter 49: To Die a Thousand Deaths
Chapter 50: Raised Spirits
Chapter 51: Mind into Matter
Chapter 52: The Battle at Freesia
Chapter 53: Blue Blood Brothers
Chapter 54: A Divine Spark
Chapter 55: Blessings in Disguise
Chapter 56: The Father of Invention
Chapter 57: Food for Thought
Chapter 58: Yellow and Blue Make Green
Chapter 59: Forgive and Forget Me Not
Chapter 60: Neither Toys, Nor Weapons
Chapter 61: No Sleep Till Brooklyn
Chapter 62: Homecoming King
Chapter 63: The Wrath of Artizan
Chapter 64: A Surprise Visit
Epilogue: Who Saved the LyreBird?
Book Discussion Guide
Authors & Contributors edit
- Tai Odunsi (Author)
Links to Supplemental Material edit
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