I have been racking my brain trying to figure out the name of a young adult fantasy series that I read in the early 2010s. From what I remember, there was a male protagonist (probably teenaged?) who was extraordinarily skilled in some magical system that revolved around basic elements (fire, earth, water, etc). I feel like the series may have begun with some sort of entrance exam, that was repeated at the start of every book\/school year. There was always some dark force acting as an antagonist, but the protagonist wasn\u2019t very well liked with classmates (I think they had all had a lot more training than him, some kind of elitist thing). All that\u2019s to say that other students may have been minor antagonists as well. This one is a total shot in the dark but I believe the main bad guy wore a mask of some sort. It wasn\u2019t actually super reminiscent of Harry Potter, besides the basic plot of a super talented kid appears out of nowhere and isn\u2019t well liked. But, I can\u2019t think of a better title so I\u2019m sticking with that.\u00a0The cover was a dark brown, maybe maroon-leaning, with a simple icon on the front I believe. This is the detail I\u2019m least sure about since, during my search, I found a copy of Swann\u2019s Way that looks a lot like what I\u2019m describing and I may be conflating mental images here.\u00a0I understand that none of this is super specific, or concrete for that matter, but any help whatsoever would be greatly appreciated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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