
Due to her horns and her odd appearance, Maleficent is an outcast at the Fairy Academy. As Maleficent grows up, Nanny sees that the young fairy is exceptionally skilled in magic, and enrolls Maleficent in the Fairy Academy, of which Nanny is the headmistress.

Nanny decides to take Maleficent home and raise her as her daughter. A fairy (nicknamed "Nanny") discovers Maleficent in the tree and is shocked at her abandonment. The plot of the book jumps back and forth in time, recounting moments in Maleficent's childhood and teen years, her years before cursing Aurora, and the days after Aurora falls into her cursed slumber.Īs a very small child, Maleficent was living in a tree in the Fairylands, being raised by crows. It is a tale of the Mistress of All Evil." It is a tale of love and betrayal, of magic and reveries. Here is one account, pulled down from the many passed down through the ages. So what of the dark fairy, Maleficent? Why does she curse the innocent princess? What led to her becoming so filled with malice, anger and hatred? Many tales have tried to explain her motives. But the power of good endures, as her true love defeats the fire-breathing dragon and awakens the princess with true love's first kiss. Though her three good fairies try to protect her, the princess succumbs to the curse. But always the maiden finds out that she is a princess-a princess who has been cursed by a dark fairy to prick her finger on a spindle and fall into an eternal sleep. The story has been told many times, and in many ways. "The tale is told as if it's happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden meets her handsome prince in the woods. The Book of Magi c brings an end to the Owens family’ s adventures in an e l ega nt and moving story of family ties, love, and the depths of true commitment. Only love and a willingness to sacrifice all will end the curse, but who among them will make that bargain? The Owens’ Unnamed Arts confront the dark “left-handed magic” in a battle to end the curse and prevent another. Tom Lockland, t he descendant of the man who’d brought down the curse, is sour and resentful at the scorn dished out by the townsfolk. Learning Kylie has g on e to the Owens’ ancestral town of Thornfield they follow to find that in her desperation sh e’s sought help from the one man she should never have approached. With his help they trace Kylie to London where they enlist the aid of an English ally, a man with his own reasons to love and fear magic. In France t hey recover a long-lost member of the family, a man the world thought dead for decades.

… an e l ega nt and moving story of family ties, love, and the depths of true commitment. It’s then that three generations of Owens women decide enough is enough: the curse must be broken for good. U pset at her relatives for trying to protect her from the curse, i n an attempt to save Gideon s he sets off alone on a quest for he r English roots. Kylie was unaware of her inherited gift for magic. W hen Kylie Owens decides Gideon Barnes is the man for her he’s hit by a car and lapses into a coma. All Owens who fall in love are doomed to suffer the loss of the one they give their heart to.

The Owens family have magic in their blood.
