The Magician's Apprentice

from sroslund

As sixteen-year-old Baz leaves his village for the first time, he thinks his dream of adventuring to new places and seeing the world has finally come true. But he finds himself forced to work for a cruel master who makes his laborers weave tapestries all day in the terrible heat with little to ea...

from bookwren

The title of this book was at first deceiving to me. I was expecting a fantasy of magic, about a boy who is apprenticed to a magician. Instead, the novel tells of a boy's spiritual journey in an Asian-like land. At 16, Baz leaves his family home like his brothers before him, to seek adventure and...