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Archer's Goonby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857401 (0-00-185740-1)
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Black Mariaby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 000185741X (0-00-185741-X)
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Charmed Lifeby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857290 (0-00-185729-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charmed Life'Book summary:Every saga has a beginning. Every journey has a first step...And so it is with the magical "Worlds of Chrestomanci" which English fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones began so many years ago with her own episode one--Charmed Life.
Winner of the Guardian Award for Children's Books, Charmed Life has been a favourite escape to parallel fantastical worlds since 1977, and remains refreshingly captivating and reassuringly addictive in its latest paperback edition with a wonderful new jacket illustration.
The adventure begins in a strange and not-quite contemporary England that is still peppered with paddle steamers, horse-drawn carriages and girls wearing petticoats. Orphans Eric Chant (nicknamed Cat) and his sister Gwendolen, a gifted witch, are whisked away to live in a castle with Chrestromanci, a much-revered man of magic, wealth and mysterious ways. Their new life is full of the surreal and unexpected, and there are several crazy new rules to master--not least by Gwendolen who must learn to channel her astonishing powers for good instead of mischief as she forever seems determined to do!
Chrestomanci is a truly original creation, and Charmed Life introduces this dandy nine-lived enchanter--the king of the regal dressing gown--and his associated colourful characters in a story of pace and substance, twists and turns, treachery and bravado. There's also humour amid the author's very immediate writing, and enough puzzles and mystery to keep an inquisitive mind captivated until the very end.
Charmed Life is followed by three more full-length Chrestromanci novels--The Magicians of Caprona, Witch Week, The Lives of Christopher Chant and by a collection of short stories, Mixed Magics. All are equally inventive. (Ages 10 and over) --John McLay [via]
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Dogsbodyby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857363 (0-00-185736-3)
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Eight Days of Lukeby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857355 (0-00-185735-5)
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Fire and Hemlockby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857339 (0-00-185733-9)
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Hexwoodby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857398 (0-00-185739-8)
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Homeward Boundersby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 000185738X (0-00-185738-X)
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Howl's Moving Castleby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857371 (0-00-185737-1)
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The Lives of Christopher Chantby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857320 (0-00-185732-0)
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The Magicians of Capronaby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857304 (0-00-185730-4)
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A Tale of Time Cityby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857347 (0-00-185734-7)
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Witch Weekby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001857312 (0-00-185731-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Witch Week'Book summary:Someone in 6B is a witch. And, in the alternate reality described in Diana Wynne Jones's Witch Week, that's not at all a good thing to be. Jones plunks her readers directly into the life of Larwood House, a school in a present-day England that's a lot like the world we know, except for one major difference: witches are everywhere, and they are ruthlessly hunted by inquisitors. With witty, erudite writing, Jones tells of the adventures of the class of 6B as they set about to discover who among them is a witch. Clearly it's not the popular Simon or the perfect Theresa. Could it be fat Nan or sluggish Charles? Mysterious Nirupam or shifty-eyed Brian? By the climax of the book (which, by the way, involves saving the world), being a witch has become a badge of honor rather than a mark of shame.
Jones skillfully and seamlessly switches from one point of view to another, creating a comic companion piece to Lord of the Flies as she shows with perfect understanding the way children torment each other--and save each other. She neatly interweaves the dramatic plot with knowing descriptions of school life, as when lumpen Nan warily observes the popular girls: "At lessons, she discovered that Theresa and her friends had started a new craze. That was a bad sign. They were always more than usually pleased with themselves at the start of a craze... The craze was white knitting, white and clean and fluffy, which you kept wrapped in a towel so that it would stay clean. The classroom filled with mutters of, 'Two purl, one plain, twist two....'" Witch Week is a hugely entertaining book that doesn't condescendingly beat children over the head with its humane message of acceptance. --Claire Dederer [via]
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Yes Dearby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0001846434 (0-00-184643-4)
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