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The Unwanteds
Fantasy
The Unwanteds
Book 1 of the Unwanteds series
390 pages · First published 2011
In the authoritarian land of Quill, thirteen-year-olds are sorted into categories: Wanted, Necessary, or Unwanted. Artistic and imaginative children labeled Unwanted are supposedly sent to their deaths, but Alex Stowe discovers that magician Mr. Today secretly rescues them to Artimé, a hidden world where creativity becomes literal magic. Alex flourishes there while his twin Aaron advances within Quill, placing the brothers on opposite sides when the secret refuge is threatened. Lisa McMann opens the middle-grade fantasy series with a society that fears creativity and a magical school built on the idea that imagination can become a form of resistance.
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Mild frightening/intense material
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Apothecary Orange Tonic
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