"The Rithmatist" by Brandon Sanderson follows the story of Joel Saxon, a young boy who dreams of becoming a Rithmatist, a magical practitioner capable of bringing chalk drawings to life in order to battle strange creatures known as the Chalklings. Despite not having the ability himself, Joel finds himself entangled in a mysterious series of disappearances of Rithmatist students at his prestigious school. As he teams up with a talented yet troubled Rithmatist, Melody, they must uncover the dark secrets behind the attacks, leading them into a world of magic, danger, and self-discovery. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-18 years.

There are 448 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2019 by Tor Teen .

Brandon Sanderson was born in Nebraska in 1975. Since then he has written the Mistborn series, amongst others, become a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author and been hailed as the natural successor to Robert Jordan. He lives in Utah.