The Spellcoats (The Dalemark quartet)
 Wonderful, magical, breathtaking...but not for most children: When I first began this book (many years ago) I found it confusing at best, and terribly boring at worst. I recently picked it up at my local bookstore by chance over the summer and decided to [... more]
$8.77
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Mixed Magics (The Chrestomanci Series)
Amazon.com Review: In Mixed Magics, celebrated British fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones has gathered together three previously published short stories and one brand new tale about the inventive enchanter with nine lives, Chrestomanci. Fans of Wynne Jones [... more]
$12.40
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The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci Books)
Wynne's trademark magic creates a light fantasy read: Cat, who is in training to be the next Chrestomanci, meets an unusual girl, Marianne, who is quite powerful, but whose family is up to something. Together and with the help of Chrestomanci, they [... more]
$17.99
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Hexwood
This is not a children's book, really: But then, few of Diana Wynne Jones's enchanting, multi-layered fictions ever were. I read some of her work when I was eleven or twelve, and I couldn't make head or tail of it. And I wasn't exactly a slow child: [... more]
$10.35
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Archer's Goon
Totally fun (and not outta print anymore!): This book was way fun to read, full of humor, magic and character. Amazing to think that when Diana Wynne Jones wrote this even SHE didn't know what was going to happen. Howard Sykes comes home one day to find [... more]
$12.40
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Cart and Cwidder (The Dalemark quartet)
A Nice Fantasy for Children and Young Adults: Cart and Cwidder tells the story of a family of singers: Clennen, the larger-than-life lead singer and father, Lenina, the cool, calm highborn mother, Dagner, the talented but shy eldest son, Brid, the [... more]
$8.77
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The Ogre Downstairs
One of our family favorites.: I first came across this book on a low shelf of my junior high school library, and checked it out three or four times that year. Twenty years and three children of my own later, when I started building our home library, this [... more]
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The Tough Guide to Fantasyland: The Essential Guide to ...
Amazon.com Review: Suffering from a bit of deja vu after reading your umpteenth fantasy trilogy? Seen too many magic swords, musical elves and warring wizards? Then you're ready for the funniest and most complete "tourist's" guide to [... more]
$9.99
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A Tale of Time City
"Why Can't I Get Back to the War and have Some Peace?!": "A Tale of Time City" is a little different from Diana Wynne Jones's usual fare - it is not fantasy but science-fiction, though apart from that distinction there is the same wry [... more]
$10.35
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Wilkins' Tooth
Wilkins' tooth: The revenge business (or "own back" business) isn't as easy as the two main characters - Frank and Jess find in this funny novel. As the story progresses they discover that people around them are not what they seem. Their main [... more]
$10.35
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The Pinhoe Egg (Chrestomanci Books)
Wynne's trademark magic creates a light fantasy read: Cat, who is in training to be the next Chrestomanci, meets an unusual girl, Marianne, who is quite powerful, but whose family is up to something. Together and with the help of Chrestomanci, they [... more]
$7.99
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The Game (Firebird)
More like an outline for a possible series of novels than a stand alone story: I am a big fan of Diana Wynne Jones -- at her best there is no one who writes better (easy reading) fantasy in the English language. This novella (too short to be called a [... more]
$11.99
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