![]() ![]() Before they return home, she falls in love with Levi, the Reverend’s son. That summer the siblings attend several funerals of the boys who died trying to win Jet’s affections. Jet spends the summer inadvertently enchanting the local boys with her beauty and triggering the Owens family curse: that those who fall in love with an Owens are doomed to die. Franny, who at first denies her magic, comes to accept what she is. ![]() That summer, Vincent has sex for the first time with an older neighbor who becomes obsessed with him before he learns to magically break the obsession. They are joined in their aunt’s home by a distant cousin, April, who develops feelings for Vincent, like most women he meets. The summer that Franny is 17, the siblings spent the season with their Aunt Isabelle in Massachusetts.ĭuring that summer away from home, the children explore their abilities. All three siblings have what they refer to as the sight, or the ability to either see into the future and/or to know what others are thinking. At school, Franny grows close to a boy in her class, an activist son of rich parents, Haylin. ![]() They grow up in New York City, attending the prestigious Starling School. The novel opens a description of the three Owens siblings, Franny, Jet, and Vincent, and the magical history of their family. The Rules of Magic, Simon & Schuster, 2017. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Hoffman, Alice. ![]()
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