Other publishers felt that young readers would not be interested in the topic of ESP. The novel was rejected by seven publishers before Little, Brown agreed to publish it. Duncan remembered these experiments when looking for a topic for the novel and based the ESP elements of A Gift of Magic upon Rhine's experiments and her feelings about them at the time.
While Duncan was studying at Duke University, she took part in ESP experiments conducted by J. Duncan and Elizabeth eventually marry and have a child named Lois, who is born with the gift of storytelling.īackground and publication history Ī Gift of Magic was originally published on Septemby Little, Brown and Company in hardcover. Nancy becomes more accepting of the relationship between her mother and Mr. Nancy also receives a call from Kirby telling her that the nerve in her leg has started to repair itself. They later hear that the boat Greg was in reached ground and that Greg was safe. Duncan spots him in the water and pulls him into the motorboat. They use his motorboat to look for Brendon and hear him yelling Nancy's name shortly afterward. Duncan and explains the situation, and they agree to meet at the dock in front of Mr. Nancy senses that her brother is in trouble and that he is stranded in water. Greg, who is in the boat, tries to paddle the boat back to the sandbar, but the current is too strong and Brendon is left stranded. They paddle their boat to a sandbar, and as they are searching for the treasure, the sea current pushes the boat further into sea. Simultaneously Brendon and his friend Greg are on a self-made boat to look for treasure said to be buried in a sandbar. Several weeks later, Kirby goes with her mother to the doctor to run some tests on her leg. Her dancing career is threatened when she breaks her leg while falling down a stairway and is unable to move the toes in that leg due to a damaged nerve.
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Kirby takes dance lessons at a local studio and aspires to be a professional dancer. Duncan's suspicions due to the very low likelihood of doing this by chance alone. She guesses the cards with the red suit as black and cards with the black suit as red, which further confirms Mr. Russo gives her a test where she has to identify cards with their back facing her, and she intentionally guesses the cards incorrectly because she does not want people finding out about her gift.
Russo, a psychiatrist who has done experiments regarding ESP, about this. Duncan believes that Nancy might have extrasensory perception (ESP) to explain her ability to read people's minds. Duncan that she had been thinking of the questions on the quiz while they were sitting together during lunch and implies that Nancy read her mind. Green arranges for both of them to meet her in the counsellor's office after school. Green accuses her of getting the questions from her sister, who took the pop quiz before lunch that day. Green reads the questions out loud, and Nancy answers questions that Ms. In her social studies class, Nancy is given a pop quiz. Nancy is upset by this and is unhappy to see her mother getting closer to Tom Duncan, Elizabeth's first boyfriend and the counsellor at the high school Nancy and Kirby attend. Elizabeth tells them that she is getting divorced from their father. Many years later, the children are staying with their mother Elizabeth at their Florida home. Nancy can use that gift to sense events that are happening in places she is not physically present and to tell what others are thinking. Critical reception for the book was positive, with reviewers particularly liking how Duncan integrated Nancy's gift of magic into the story.īefore she dies, a woman gives her grandchildren three separate gifts: Brendon is given the gift of music, Kirby is given the gift of dance, and Nancy is given the gift of magic. In 2012, an updated version of the novel was published with changes to modernize the content, as well as changes to the name and ages to some of the characters. The characters of Brendon, Kirby, and Nancy were based on the three children she had when first writing the book. The novel explores some of the benefits, problems and responsibilities Nancy's gift gives her.ĭuncan based the ESP elements of the story on experiments that were conducted on her by J. Nancy's gift gives her extrasensory perception (ESP), which allows her to sense events that are happening in places she is not physically present and to read other people's minds. Brendon is given the gift of music, Kirby is given the gift of dance, and Nancy is given the gift of magic. A Gift of Magic is a 1971 novel by Lois Duncan about a grandmother who gives her grandchildren distinct gifts.
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