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Diana Wynne Jones
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Eldest of three sisters, in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared Wizard Howl.
3) Charmed Life
Author
Series
Chronicles of Chrestomanci volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
A bewitching comic fantasy by a master of the supernatural
Cat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack.
Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
Español
Description
El libro de la nueva pelÃcula de Estudios Ghibli, de la autora de El castillo ambulante.
Aunque los orfanatos son lugares espantosos, Earwig es la reina del suyo, ¡y le encanta!
Por eso, cuando le mandan a vivir con Bella Yaga, una mujer extrañÃsima, no le hace ni pizca de gracia.
Y es que Bella Yaga es una bruja más espantosa que cualquier orfanato. Earwig tendrá que utilizar todo su ingenio (y la ayuda
...8) Dogsbody
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
A funny, heartbreaking, stunning book by the legendary Diana Wynne Jones—with an introduction by Neil Gaiman.
The Dog Star, Sirius, is tried - and found guilty - by his heavenly peers for a murder he did not commit. His sentence: to live on the planet Earth until he can carry out a seemingly impossible mission - the recovery of a deadly weapon known as the Zoi. The first lesson Sirius learns in his lowly earthly form is that humans...
The Dog Star, Sirius, is tried - and found guilty - by his heavenly peers for a murder he did not commit. His sentence: to live on the planet Earth until he can carry out a seemingly impossible mission - the recovery of a deadly weapon known as the Zoi. The first lesson Sirius learns in his lowly earthly form is that humans...
Author
Series
Dalemark quartet volume 1
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
When their father, a traveling minstrel, is killed, three children involved in rebellion and intrigue inherit a lute-like cwidder with more than musical powers.
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
356 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Aileen's family of magic makers includes Aunt Beck, the most powerful magician on Skarr, but her own magic does not show itself until a mission for the King and a magical cat help her find strength and confidence.
11) Enchanted glass
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan shows up and suddenly a host of variously magical townsfolk and interlopers start intruding on their lives.
Author
Series
Dalemark quartet volume 4
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
471 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Countess and Lord Keril send Mitt to kill a young woman Noreth Onesdaughter, who claims to know where the lost crown is hidden.
13) The Pinhoe egg
Author
Series
Chronicles of Chrestomanci volume 7
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
515 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Two powerful young enchanters, Cat, the future Chrestomanci, and Marianne, who is being trained to be Gammer of the Pinhoes, work together as friends to try to end an illegal witches' war and, in the process, right some old wrongs.
15) The game
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
179 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Sent to a boisterous family gathering in Ireland by her overly strict grandmother, orphaned Hayley feels out of place until her unruly cousins include her in a special game involving travel through the mythosphere, the place where all the world's stories can be found, and where some secrets of her past are revealed.
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
234 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A unique guide to fantasy literature helps readers understand such subjects as virginity, why High Priests are always evil, how Dark Lords always have minions, and useful tips on what to do when captured by a Goblin.
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
110 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Although an orphan, Earwig has always enjoyed living at St. Morwald's, where she manages to make everyone do her bidding, but when she is taken in by a foster parents who are actually a witch and a demon, she has a hard time trying to turn the situation to her advantage.
19) Conrad's fate
Author
Series
Chronicles of Chrestomanci volume 6
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When his uncle sends him to work at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic overcomes his bad karma and discovers in the mansion's winecellar the source of the magic that threatens to pull his world into one of the eleven other parallel universes.
