the secret science of magic by melissa keil

I also thought her social anxiety and lack of social skills to be characteristic of someone on the autism spectrum, and it was surprising that this wasn’t really brought up or addressed by the people around her at all. While I’m certainly not a genius, I found her fear of failure to be quite relatable and human, particularly her anxieties when it comes to fitting in, or being what people expect of you. Her fear of failure, of talent wasting away is projected through crippling anxiety which results in inaction. While she’s clearly intelligent, reading research papers and obviously miles ahead of her peers, she just has one problem: she has no idea what she wants to do with her intellect. I haven’t read a book featuring a genius with an eidetic memory before, particularly in a contemporary high school setting. What does a teenage genius and a guy who loves magic tricks have in common? In The Secret Science of Magic, both Sophia and Joshua don’t have a clue what they want to do once they finish high school. But when your best trick is making schoolwork disappear, how do you possibly romance a genius?įrom Melissa Keil, the award-winning YA author of Life in Outer Space and The Incredible Adventures of Cinnamon Girl. Joshua spends his time honing magic tricks and planning how to win Sophia’s heart.

When everything she knows is falling apart, how can she crack the puzzle of what to do with her life?

But there are some things no amount of genius can prepare you for, and the messiness of real life is one of them. Sophia is smart, like genius-calculator-brain smart. Published by Hardie Grant Egmont on April 1st 2017Īmazon | Book Depository | Publisher | Angus & Robertson | BooktopiaĪ captivating novel about two extraordinary teens, and the unsolvable problem of life after high school. The Secret Science of Magic by Melissa Keil

The secret science of magic by melissa keil