The Deavys

Resource Information

The work The Deavys represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Vancouver Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The Deavys

Statement of responsibility

Alan Dean Foster

Creator

• Foster, Alan Dean, 1946-

Author

• Foster, Alan Dean, 1946-

Subject

• Magic -- Juvenile fiction
• New York (N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
• Pennsylvania -- Juvenile fiction
• Families -- Juvenile fiction
• Truth -- Juvenile fiction
• Theft -- Juvenile fiction
• Fantasy fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Fantasy fiction

Language

eng

Summary

For any normal teenage boy, having two-and-a-half younger sisters would be enough to deal with. But Simwan Deavy's life isn't normal. His family is non-Ord--short for "non-Ordinary"--which means that at school, he and his sisters learn hexing and enchanting along with history and math. It also means they have a ghost for an uncle and a cat who talks. Still, everything is going well for Simwan--until a bottle of Truth is stolen from the local pharmacy. Now the Deavys' favorite woods are under threat from development; their mother, whose life depends on the Truth, is growing weaker; and the world as they know it might never be the same. With the help of their cat, Pithfwid, the Deavys track the loathsome, horrible Crub to his lair in New York City. But the Crub has laid traps, turning a dangerous city into a deadly one. To succeed at their mission, the Deavys will have to stick together--or the Truth may be lost forever

Cataloging source

YDXCP

Dewey number

813/.54

Index

no index present

Literary form

novels

Target audience

juvenile