In alternate chapters, Sadima travels from her farm home to the city and becomes assistant to a heartless man who is trying to restore knowledge of magic to the world, and a group of boys fights to survive in the academy that has resulted from his efforts.
Details
ISBN: 0689840934
ISBN: 9780689840937
Physical Description:357 p. -- ; cm.print
Edition:1st ed. --
Publisher:New York ; Toronto : Simon & Schuster Children's Pub. Division, c2007.
General Note: LSC 21.99"Atheneum Books for Young Readers."