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The Rithmatist
Fantasy
The Rithmatist
Book 1 of the The Rithmatist series
Joel wants desperately to become a Rithmatist, one of the magically gifted students who draw chalk figures and defensive circles that can become real in battle, but he lacks the power himself. At Armedius Academy, his obsessive knowledge of Rithmatics earns him a place assisting Professor Fitch when students begin disappearing under frightening circumstances. Melody, a talented but academically struggling Rithmatist, becomes his unlikely partner in the investigation. Brandon Sanderson’s young-adult fantasy combines a meticulously rule-based magic system, school mystery, and an alternate America threatened by wild Chalklings.
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Wartime/battle violence and peril · Moderate frightening/intense material
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