Magic Street
{{Short description|2005 novel by Orson Scott Card}}
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| name = Magic Street
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| image = OSCmagicstreet.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Orson Scott Card
| cover_artist = David Stevenson
| country = United States
| language = English
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| genre = Fantasy
| publisher = Del Rey
| media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
| pages = 416
| isbn = 0-345-41689-9
| dewey= 813/.54 22
| congress= PS3553.A655 M35 2005
| oclc= 57352830
| release_date = 2005
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Magic Street (2005) is an urban fantasy novel by American writer Orson Scott Card. This book follows the magical events in the Baldwin Hills section of contemporary Los Angeles, including the life of protagonist Mack Street, his foster brother Cecil Tucker, a trickster identified variously as Bag Man, Puck, Mr. Christmas, and numerous other members of this upscale community of African-Americans.
The storyline frequently refers to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and elements of Western and European folklore. In the author's note, Card credits friend Roland Bernard Brown with goading him into writing a novel featuring a black hero, and "thanks to Queen Latifah for putting (the Yolanda White character) on a motorcycle."
See also
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External links
- [http://www.hatrack.com/osc/books/magicstreet/magicstreet.shtml About the novel Magic Street from Card's website]
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Category:Novels by Orson Scott Card
Category:American fantasy novels
Category:Contemporary fantasy novels
Category:Novels set in Los Angeles
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