- Juvenile fiction, Friendship
Tamly lives with his uncle the broom maker and dreams about adventure, though he spends his whole life sweeping. But when the village's magic starts to go wrong, Tamly, the only person who can't do magic, might be the only one who can save them all.
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- Author
- Ian Irvine
- First published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Omnibus Books
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781862916586
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