A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking
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| Author | T. Kingfisher |
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| Publisher | Argyll Productions |
Publication date | July 21, 2020 |
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A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking is a 2020 young adult fantasy novel by Ursula Vernon, under her pseudonym T. Kingfisher. It was first published by Argyll Productions.
Synopsis
[edit | edit source]When teenage bread wizard Mona discovers a corpse in her aunt's bakery, it triggers a chain of events. With the aid of animate gingerbread men, her familiar — a sourdough starter named Bob, and a few friends - they fight the Spring Green Man, Inquisitor Oberon and lead the city in the fight againts the Scriveners.
Reception and awards
[edit | edit source]James Nicoll called A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking "an entertaining YA diversion that will encourage younger readers to consider just how easily they might be scapegoated by an ambitious politician," and emphasized that he would "enjoy" reading a sequel.[1] Locus commended Vernon's "ability to craft engagingly quirky characters", and her portrayal of "a Pratchettian world where magic makes for a mostly amusing background, except when it doesn't."[2]
In 2020, Locus named A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking among the best young adult novels of the year.[3]
| Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | Andre Norton Award | Won | [4] |
| 2021 | Dragon Award for Best Young Adult / Middle Grade Novel | Won | [5] |
| Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book | Won | [6] | |
| Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book | Won | [7] | |
| Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature | Won | [8] |
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Bake Me a Cake as Fast as You Can Archived September 27, 2022, at the Wayback Machine, by James Nicoll, at James Nicoll Reviews; published September 14, 2020; retrieved September 15, 2022
- ^ Adrienne Martini Reviews Random Sh*t Flying Through the Air by Jackson Ford and A Wizard’s Guide to Defensive Baking by T. Kingfisher Archived August 10, 2024, at the Wayback Machine, by Adrienne Martini, in Locus; October 2020 issue; published online November 3, 2020; retrieved September 15, 2022
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