- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber; 1st Edition edition (7 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571230156
- ISBN-13: 978-0571230150
- Product Dimensions: 22 x 14.4 x 4.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 958,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I'm Garland Maddigan, a true-born Maddigan and part of Maddigan's Fantasia, the greatest circus in the world.
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In a time not far from our own, a colourful group of travellers braves the twisting, unpredictable landscape of a world trying to remake itself years after near-destruction. They are the magicians, clowns, trapeze artists and musicians of Maddigan's Fantasia, healing the injured land with wonder and laughter.
Garland Maddigan, the 12-year-old daughter of the Fantasia's ringmaster, has been on many journeys before. But she soon realises that this one is going to be very different. For three mysterious children have joined the Fantasia - children with uncanny abilities and a secret past. And with them they bring powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to hunt them down.
Soon Garland finds herself embroiled in a series of terrifying adventures that will take her within perilous underground tunnels, through the land of the Witch-Finder and across time itself . . .
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This book has everything
14 May 2008
Format:Hardcover
Science fiction, fantasy, time travel, adventure, strong girl/woman characters, all rolled up together in a well-written package that will hold attention. While this seems to be classified as a "teen" book, it's perfectly appropriate for upper elementary readers, who will love it.
Circus of the Future
21 Oct 2007
Format:Hardcover
When I found Maddigan's Fantasia by Margaret Mahy, I wanted it immediately because I knew from previous experience that Mahy is simply a very good writer. The book is an adventure and a mystery, a mix of science fiction and fantasy, time travel and post-apocalyptic fiction.
"Maddigan's Fantasia" is actually the name of a traveling circus in a post-nuclear world. The story begins with Garland Maddigan, who is perched on a hillside above the circus's camp when she sees the Fantasia attacked by Road Rats and her father killed. Moments later, two boys step out of thin air holding a baby. They are time travelers, though it will take Garland a while to believe Timon and Eden's story.
The circus travels on, followed by two men who are hunting for Timon and Eden and the secret they carry. Garland is torn by the loss of her father and resents the circus's new leader, Yves. She continues writing in her diary, addressing her entries to her father, Ferdy. She is amazed to discover that Timon and Eden have a battered copy of her diary that they have brought with them from the future.
The Fantasia's journey, in part dedicated to getting a solar converter from the city of Newton and bringing it back to the city of Solis, takes Garland and her companions to a series of grim communities, where various societies have found eerie and oppressive ways of dealing with the terrors of an uncertain world. Garland turns out to be a resourceful and strong-willed heroine. Changes to her new friend Timon raise questions about the long reach of that future villain, the Nennog, and glimpses of a mysterious silver girl occasionally guide Garland along the way.
I'll admit I found Maddigan's Fantasia a little uneven in spots, but it really grew on me. Perhaps best of all, Mahy's circus is almost a living thing, a metaphor she lovingly nurtures, the winding, dynamic entity that somehow stitches this entire miserable, dark landscape together with its constant motion, determination, and hopeful, joyful artistry. While just about everyone else we meet seems to have succumbed to harsh survivalism and short-sighted greed, the circus family reminds us that even in the midst of despair, love, loyalty, and of course the show must go on.
"Maddigan's Fantasia" is actually the name of a traveling circus in a post-nuclear world. The story begins with Garland Maddigan, who is perched on a hillside above the circus's camp when she sees the Fantasia attacked by Road Rats and her father killed. Moments later, two boys step out of thin air holding a baby. They are time travelers, though it will take Garland a while to believe Timon and Eden's story.
The circus travels on, followed by two men who are hunting for Timon and Eden and the secret they carry. Garland is torn by the loss of her father and resents the circus's new leader, Yves. She continues writing in her diary, addressing her entries to her father, Ferdy. She is amazed to discover that Timon and Eden have a battered copy of her diary that they have brought with them from the future.
The Fantasia's journey, in part dedicated to getting a solar converter from the city of Newton and bringing it back to the city of Solis, takes Garland and her companions to a series of grim communities, where various societies have found eerie and oppressive ways of dealing with the terrors of an uncertain world. Garland turns out to be a resourceful and strong-willed heroine. Changes to her new friend Timon raise questions about the long reach of that future villain, the Nennog, and glimpses of a mysterious silver girl occasionally guide Garland along the way.
I'll admit I found Maddigan's Fantasia a little uneven in spots, but it really grew on me. Perhaps best of all, Mahy's circus is almost a living thing, a metaphor she lovingly nurtures, the winding, dynamic entity that somehow stitches this entire miserable, dark landscape together with its constant motion, determination, and hopeful, joyful artistry. While just about everyone else we meet seems to have succumbed to harsh survivalism and short-sighted greed, the circus family reminds us that even in the midst of despair, love, loyalty, and of course the show must go on.
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