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The Chrestomanci Series

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"One of the wittiest, sharpest children’s fantasies ever written" – Katherine Rundell

Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones classic award-winning favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits!

Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted witch with astonishing powers, so it suits her enormously when she is taken to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Her brother Eric (better known as Cat) is not so keen, for he has no talent for magic at all.

However, life with the great enchanter is not what either of them expects and sparks begin to fly!


Author:

  • Diana Wynne Jones

Narrator:

  • Tom Baker

Series:

  • Volume 1 in The Chrestomanci Series

Format:

  • Audiobook

Duration:

  • 3 h 11 min

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Ages 9-12
  • Fantasy, magic, and sci-fi ages 9-12

4.1

47 ratings

Kuoppala

2024-10-02

Amazing. One of my favourites.

Pontus

2022-02-07

This book was my favourite one growing up, I'd probably read it about 6 times before I'd turned 12. So last week i feelt i bit nostalgic and desided to listen it through and by god it is as good as I rememberd

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    Diana Wynne Jones

    DIANA WYNNE JONES was born in August 1934 in London, where she had a chaotic and unsettled childhood against the background of World War II. The family moved around a lot, finally settling in rural Essex. As children, Diana and her two sisters were deprived of a good, steady supply of books by a father, ‘who could beat Scrooge in a meanness contest’. So, armed with a vivid imagination and an insatiable quest for good books to read, she decided that she would have to write them herself.

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