STORY-LINE THE MAGICIAN’S DREAM:
Author LeAnn Mathis’ creation, The Magician’s Dream, is an intriguing children’s fantasy novel. Franklin lives during the turbulent 60’s and dreams of a magic world at night. In his dream world, his dream friend Maggie and he are training for battle using magic. In life, Franklin a black child of the sixties meets the real Maggie the first day at his new school. Maggie, white and from racial ideologies of the 60’s home life, dreams the same dreams as Franklin.
Franklin suddenly realizes his two worlds have collided. How is that possible? Is his and Maggie’s dream world real? Can they save the world, their dreams, and improve their way of life?
Children’s will love this story of good and evil, magic and the ordinary world. My children’s fiction novel review of The Magician’s Dream follows.
CHARACTERS, PLOTTING, DEVELOPMENT:
Firstly, let me say, I found the premise of the story intriguing and original. Secondly, Mathis created a