Maddigan’s Fantasia by Margaret Mahy

An interesting book about a post-apocalyptic world with time travel and some magic.

Recommended age: 14 – 16; 16 – 18; Adult 

Garland is a part of the traveling circus troupe, Maddigan’s Fantasia.   One day, after an attack in which her father dies, Garland meets two boys—one carrying a baby—who are from the future.  The boys are carrying a Talisman that was given to them by their scientist parents.   However, the boys’ evil Uncle Nennog, who can exert some effects in the present, has sent two creatures to pursue them.   It takes all of Garland’s, the boys, and the circus’ ingenuity and steadfastness to defeat Nennog’s time-traveling evil plans.

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