Magic or Madness (Paperback) by Justine Larbalestier

from stephmo

Magic or Madness begins the story of Reason, named so that her mother could deny the existence of magic to her very core. Fifteen years later, Reason's mother has been confined to a mental hospital in Sydney and Reason has found herself living with her grandmother - the source of many horrific st...

from francescadefreitas

Reason and her mother have spent their lives feral in the Austrian outback, avoiding cities and never staying in one place for very long. When her mother has a violent breakdown, Reason is ferried off the the very Grandmother they'd been fleeing. When Reason sneaks through a door in her Grandmoth...

from mikkireads

Premature death or madness. One of these fates awaits fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino. Reason's mother, Sarafina, has gone mad from not using magic, while her grandmother, Esmerelda, a "witch," has so far cheated death by living into her mid-forties. Can Reason save her mother? Her friends Jay-Te...

from Auntie-Nanuuq

I found this book in one of my several TBR piles, and it is so old that the pages are yellow around the edges.Reason and her mother, Sarafina, have been on a "walk-about" for as long as Reason can remember..... Now Sarafina is on her way to a mental hospital and Reason is on her way to live with ...

from Nafiza

There are lots of books out there that deal with magic and madness and sometimes both of them together. What makes Larbalestier's book so different are her characters. When I first started reading the book and "met" Reason for the first time, I thought her as very young and very naive. In fact, t...