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    The Silver Strand: Mastermind Academy Series, #1

    By LJ Clarkson

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    Ever since twelve year old Isabelle Tresdon’s silver strand of hair sprouted, it’s been nothing but trouble: bleeding pink dust and sparking like a firecracker. Refusing to be known as the girl with the freaky, grandma hair, she wishes it never grew and the hair withers and tarnishes. 

    The only problem is, the strand is Isabelle's source of magic, and she can transform particles of energy into matter. It's also her ticket into Mastermind Academy, a secret school inside the hollow earth. Five days remain before the strand drains her magic and life, forcing Isabelle into a deal with two trickster Masterminds to save it. But what she doesn't count on is that there is more at stake than just her life. 

    The Silver Strand, a middle grade fantasy adventure for 9-12 year olds, is book 1 in the Mastermind Academy series.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndicated Publications and Promotions
    Release dateSep 30, 2015
    ISBN9780992301712
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    • 3/5
      I received this for review from LibraryThing. Twelve year old Isabelle is completely embarrassed when she grows a silver strand of hair that causes her to bleed pink dust, and then a magnet sticks to the hair in the middle of class. She wishes that the hair had never grown causing it to shrivel, but later she finds out that her silver strand is the source of her new magic and if she can't save it she will lose her life as well. If she can save her hair and her life in 5 days she will be able to go to Mastermind Academy to learn how to use her magic. I really looked forward to reading this book because it sounds amazing. I was disappointed in the story because a silver strand that bleeds pink dust, a girl that turns into a toad, people-eating dragons, and too many conveniences occurred. I definitely believe that this is geared towards 9-12 year olds, and I would probably have liked or liked this more if I were 9 years old. I just found it to be too ridiculous, and there were many times things were just too much of a coincidence to force the story together. Maybe removing some things and adding others would have made it better. I felt like we moved so fast from one thing to the next. I had no sense of what each "world" was like. Overall, I am sad that I did not enjoy this story. I gave it 2 1/2 stars out of 5.
    • 5/5
      I really liked the magic in this book and how it shows the different worlds where all the magic was and how different it was to our world and the invention of stuff like the Mesura bracelets. I also like how the main character Isabelle had to keep all this a secret from her dad and still had this amazing other life that she had to keep a secret.I thought that this was a very good book and I would like to read the other ones in the series.*the above review was written by my 12year old.As an adult, I feel that this book was suitably aimed at its target audience. The characters, while a little silly to me, had enough humour and enough development for a 9-12 year old to enjoy and identify with. I found the world of Agartha to be well-described and the author's descriptions of places and mechanics were really evocative.I did find that bits of the story didn't hang together as well as they could and some of the closing chapters seemed to come a bit out of left field for my liking, but it was an enjoyable book nonetheless.*i received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair review
    • 5/5
      Great start to the Mastermind Series. For all those students who felt out of place and different to discover how special they really are, and the great adventures that come along. Life is full of tests, and now its time to discover who you really are. Off to the Academy!