{"id":8291,"date":"2017-04-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8291"},"modified":"2017-04-16T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T21:29:05","slug":"p-is-a-pocket-full-of-murder-magic-treachery-by-r-j-anderson-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=8291","title":{"rendered":"P is A Pocket Full of Murder &#038; magic &#038; treachery, by R. J. Anderson (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8494\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?attachment_id=8494\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pocket-Full-of-Murder.jpg?fit=430%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"430,652\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pocket Full of Murder\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pocket-Full-of-Murder.jpg?fit=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pocket-Full-of-Murder.jpg?fit=430%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pocket-Full-of-Murder.jpg?resize=198%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"book cover of A Pocket Full of Murder by RJ Anderson published by Atheneum BFYR  | recommended on BooksYALove.com\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pocket-Full-of-Murder.jpg?resize=198%2C300&amp;ssl=1 198w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/booksyalove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pocket-Full-of-Murder.jpg?w=430&amp;ssl=1 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>Common spells to wash clothes,<br \/>\nintricate spells to power vehicles,<br \/>\nSagery spells to steal your breath away &#8211; forever.<\/p>\n<p>Writing more adventures of lady justice Auradia won&#8217;t put food on the table or get Papa out of jail, so Isaveth  and Quiz, an eyepatch-wearing streetboy, decide to save Papa by discovering who really had reason to kill the governor of Tarreton College, but someone wants them to stop!<\/p>\n<p>Step into Isaveth&#8217;s world of spell-tablets, political scheming, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religioustolerance.org\/relintol.htm\" target=\"_blank\">religious intolerance<\/a> with the first chapter of <em>A Pocket Full of Magic<\/em>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rj-anderson.com\/a-pocket-full-of-murder-excerpt\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, courtesy of the author.<\/p>\n<p>Now in paperback, followed by <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/A-Little-Taste-of-Poison\/R-J-Anderson\/9781481437745\" target=\"_blank\">A Little Taste of Poison<\/a><\/em> (hardcover 2016).<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s the friend who&#8217;ll help you with any mystery?<br \/>\n**kmm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Book info<\/strong>: A Pocket Full of Murder (Uncommon Magic, book 1) \/ R.J. Anderson. Atheneum Books for Young Readers,  hardcover 2015, paperback 2016.\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rj-anderson.com\/book\/a-pocket-full-of-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\">author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.simonandschuster.com\/books\/A-Pocket-Full-of-Murder\/R-J-Anderson\/9781481437721\" target=\"_blank\">publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My book talk<\/strong>: After Papa is unjustly arrested for murder, 12 year old Isaveth searches for clues from her impoverished neighborhood to the wealthy districts of Tarreton, assisted by ingenious streetkid Quiz, with his eyepatch and uncanny knowledge of society gossip.<\/p>\n<p>Baking and selling spell-tablets from her late mother&#8217;s recipes is Isaveth&#8217;s best chance to feed her sisters and find out more about Papa&#8217;s case, with Quiz appearing just in time during dangerous situations.<\/p>\n<p>Who made it look like Common Magic killed Master Orien?<br \/>\nWas Papa framed because of his Moshite beliefs or his support of the Workers&#8217; Club?<br \/>\nWhere does Quiz go when he&#8217;s not helping Isaveth?<\/p>\n<p>In a world powered by Common spells and elite Sagery, someone is trying to gain political power, no matter who stands against them, but Isaveth and Quiz won&#8217;t let her Papa take the blame for murder! 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