The Thirteenth Child

Thirteenth Child by, Patricia Wrede

ISBN: 978-0-545-20026-4

Imagine Little House on the Prairie with a splash of magic and you will find you are reading the Thirteenth Child by, Patricia Wrede. The story is a little slow. It about a family that has thriteen children-- which is considered to be very unlucky. The thirteenth child is a twin and her brother is the seventh son of a seventh son-- which means that he is incredibly powerful. The numerical set-up for this book made me expect there would be more drama, but this is a story about a family moving out west in a time the west was still wild and dangerous. It's good if you like westerns, but certainly not the next Rick Riordon book.