Brandon Sanderson is a brilliant writer. His MISTBORN fantasy series earned him a wide and enthusiastic Adult audience, and now he has turned his hand to the Young Adult market.
- In this first book there is no profanity nor sexual situations and the violence takes place off-screen, so that this book would also be appropriate for younger teens.
- The overall 'flavor' is steampunk-ish with a 'realistic' sort of magical system. (Sanderson is known for his world building expertise.)
**all ratings from GoodReads
THE RITHMATIST (Rithmatist #1)
by Brandon Sanderson
Ben McSweeney (Illustrator)
4.25 avg rating — 11,935 ratings
Rithmatists are people who have the ability to bring chalklings--chalk drawings-- to life.
16
year-old Joel attends an exclusive
school that trains both Rithmatist and non-Rithmatist students. Joel
isn't a Rithmatist but he has made the art the intensive focus of his
studies. When Rithmatist students begin disappearing he and another
student, Melody, are assigned to a Rithmatist professor, and together
they begin to investigate what is snatching students from their beds.
Word Count: 89,898
Page Count: 378
Accelerated Reader: 4.9 / points: 13.0
AR quiz: 159269
Lexile: HL680L
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Review: California Bones
Review: Shadow and Bone
Review: Sorrow's Knot
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A second book is due out in 2015
compiled by Pam
updated July 2014