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| | Orson Scott Card, Seventh Son (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07) |
 | | is born the seventh son of a seventh son. |
 | | While a few incidents are told in current time, including 6-year-old Alvin's chat with the roaches he sends on a revenge attack against his sisters, most of the challenges of his young life are revealed through Taleswapper, a roving storyteller who trades tales in exchange for lodging. |
 | | With allegorical names, realistical family squabbles and universal themes, Seventh Son, Card's first book in his Tales of Alvin Maker, introduces a boy worth knowing and hints at the extraordinary life to follow. |
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