Magyk

This is an okay book written by Angie Sage. Silas Heap finds an infant girl wrapped in a heavy woolen blanket and decides to raise her and name her Jenna. The same day he brings her home he finds out that his own infant son has died. Years later, it is revealed that Jenna is the daughter of the assassinated queen and she is taken away after being discovered by a spy. The family befriends a young boy nicknamed Boy 412 who was raised by the Army and is discovered to have magical abilities. This is the first book in the Septimus Heap series. A film adaptation is being planned.