gets Overnight, the life of 13 year old Oksa out of joint when she suddenly finds that he possesses uncanny powers. Just recently she moved with her family to London, and at the new school is not all positive. Since there is such as the unsympathetic teacher McGraw, who makes her life difficult. It will also still bothered by an older boy. To make matters worse they then discovered a star-shaped to their times Belly button. When she wants from her grandmother herbalists a salve for the "blue spot", this response was very excited. And then comes Oksa Pollock, curious by nature, when listening at the door a family mystery on the track.
She learns that her grandmother, her father and the direct descendants of a ruler in a distant, unknown land, are called Edefia. The blue marks on her belly, it has to be the next "gracious" from how her great-grandmother was called in the old country. Just Oksa is still trying to digest this news, as it learns the companion of her grandmother Dragomira know everything Creatures from Edefia which accompanied the family on the run from many years ago.
Only her best friend Gus inaugurates Oksa in her new mystery, and together with him and her family, she faces the challenges and dangers that await them in their new lives.
Oksa Pollock is often compared to Harry Potter, and there are certainly several similarities that already by the "magical heritage" are determined. But a closer look, the two stories are quite different. This is already happening to their family background, because Oksa grew up in a strong and loving family structure and spent so far in the circle of her Loved ones a happy, sheltered childhood. connect as their special capabilities to light, it must be finished even though, but always the support of the whole family. The many unusual creatures that inhabit the living room of her grandmother are all described very lovely and original and the young are "gracious" full of reverence at the feet. And then there's her best friend, Gus, to which they can always rely on. From this stable background and the full support they receive at home, grows well their strength with which it faces new problems and challenges.
All the characters are portrayed in great detail, and you can just imagine the strange little creatures very well. When naming I would have liked a little more ingenuity, for example, why must Dragomiras lovely little house and tutor just called "batty"? Many of the magical creatures have names ending in ix ... that reminds me inevitably of the cartoon residents of a small Gallic village. Since I know only the German version of the story, I do not know if these names were taken from the original or modified in the translation.
The plot is a total exciting, entertaining and very imaginative, if there are one or the other length. In the end, remain some outstanding issues that might be useful for a quick sequel. Language and content, it is definitely a book worth reading youth with a strong young heroine.
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