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Hatching Magic

  • 2003 first published
  • 249 pages
  • ★ 3.5 (4 ratings)
  • 8 editions

Ann E. Downer's Hatching Magic (2003) is a time-travel fiction and dragon fantasy novel. Readers will find themes of magic, dragons, fathers and daughters and wizards.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 17 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

It runs to roughly 249 pages — 4–5 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Hatching Magic

When a thirteenth-century wizard confronts twenty-first century Boston while seeking his pet dragon, he is followed by a rival wizard and a very unhappy demon, but eleven-year-old Theodora Oglethorpe may hold the secret to setting everything right.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Magic
  • Dragons
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Wizards
  • Nannies
  • Time travel
  • AR Points
  • Grade 7.2
  • Fantasy
  • Father-daughter relationship
  • Children's fiction
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Fantasy fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Hatching Magic?

Hatching Magic was written by Ann E. Downer and first published in 2003.

What genre is Hatching Magic?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Dragon Fiction.

How long is Hatching Magic?

The median edition has 249 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Hatching Magic?

Readers who like it often enjoy Test of the Twins, Dragonflight and Darkstalker.

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