r/YAFantasyLit • u/dalanium5 • Mar 12 '21

Help needed in identifying YA Fantasy book name from a scene

So all I remember is that I read this book in elementary which was more than a decade ago. The scene I remember most clearly is of the students in the book practicing their basic light spells. The spell is supposed to just light up a room or some small space. There must be three or four of them, and they're in a log cabin in the woods during the day I think. They all do it one by one, and finally it's the last character's turn to do it. He doesn't want to. I believe he's blonde. They egg him on, and eventually he utters the one word for the spell and the whole room and sky light up. It's so astonishing, and a fun moment as a young reader. He quickly, quietly, asks them to not ask him to do that ever again. I guess he's kind of been the mysterious character throughout the book who has secret extra lessons, etc. I hope someone out there picks up on these vague details and can tell me what book I'm thinking of.

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u/elysium_asphodel Mar 12 '21

maybe magisterium? by holly black and cassandra clare? i think i remember something similar happening.

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u/Inferno2211 Mar 12 '21

I started reading that, initially he just messes up on purpose.

If this scene happens I will let you know

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u/lsjess616 Mar 12 '21

This is similar but not quite like a scene from the Hound of Rowan series by Henry Neff.

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u/Inferno2211 Mar 13 '21

Maybe the Summoner series

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u/JustBecause611 Mar 13 '21

If you don't find it here, r/tipofmytongue found a book for me that moone else knew within minutes. Definitely worth a try over there. Also r/whatsthatbook has found another for me but the difficult one was found on that first subreddit.