Jake Leech’s Reviews > Uprooted > Status Update

How come it's always children and teenagers who are feeling discouraged and ordinary right before they find out that they have amazing powers or are "the one"? How come you never read about a mysterious mentor swooping down and proclaiming, "Ah yes, your forty-second HUMAN birthday, traditionally one's first day as a WIZARD! What's that? Today is your FORTY-FIRST birthday? Why then you must be THE NEW WIZARD KING!"?