Bradbury began writing his own stories at age 12 (1931). You can visit Laurel online at laurelgale. Twelve-year-old Kaya sets out to rescue her older brother, imprisoned by the Story Magicians. Ray Douglas Bradbury was an American author and screenwriter. Audiobook Story Magic - Laurel Gale - Ferdelle. She lives with her husband and their ferrets in Vancouver, Washington. The trick is to sense a listener, one of the magical beings that inhabit the world, and tell it a story. Laurel Gale is the author of Dead Boy and Monster, Human, Other. Each story brings her one step closer to finding Hob and leaving behind everything she’s ever known. With each story she tells, her ability to wield magic grows-and she soon begins to wonder if her brother’s imprisonment was really her fault or something else entirely.

When Hob is taken prisoner in Prima, the faraway capital city, Kaya is convinced it’s her fault, either because someone discovered what she was doing or because the bad luck found her.ĭesperate to save her brother, Kaya will do anything to make it to Prima, including story magic. Story Magic, Indeed In this well-built fantasy world, stories are magic, girls are forbidden to tell stories, and guild magicians have a strangle-hold on power. Everyone knows this, but that doesnt stop twelve-year-old Kaya ADor from learning the basics from her older brother. If the listener is pleased and likes the story, it will allow the storyteller to work magic.Īlthough Kaya knows the risks, she attempts a little story magic to impress Hob. of Dead Boy, which Reading Rainbow called a magical and mythical story of loneliness, courage, friendship, and living life More about Laurel Gale. - Girls are forbidden to practice story magic. The trick is to sense a listener, one of the magical beings that inhabit the world, and tell it a story. Everyone knows this, but that doesn’t stop twelve-year-old Kaya A’Dor from learning the basics from her older brother Hob.

Girls are forbidden to practice story magic.

Story Magic by Laurel Gale