Book description
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring
Chrestomanci - now a book with extra bits!
SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH
When the note, written in ordinary ballpoint, turns up in the homework
books Mr Crossley is marking, he is very upset. For this is Larwood
House, a school for witch-orphans, where witchcraft is utterly
forbidden. And yet magic keeps breaking out all over the place - like measles!
The last thing they need is a visit from the Divisional Inquisitor. If
only Chrestomanci could come and sort out all the trouble. “…Her
hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative
array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is
present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones's most
outrageous plots to her readers' hopes and fears…”
Publishers Weekly
“Truly magical - guaranteed to leave you gasping - even hotter than Potter”
The Bookseller
“Diana Wynne Jones could teach Stephen King and JK Rowling a thing or
two … [she] has a skill for inserting just the right amount of detail in
her written words, leaving you satiated but not stuffed.” SFX Diana
Wynne Jones spent her childhood in Essex and has been writing fantasy
novels for children since 1973. With her unique combination of magic,
humour and imagination, she has been enthralling children and adults
with her work ever since. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with
Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award in 1981, and
was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal. In November 2007 she was
honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Fantasy
Association. She is married with three sons, and lives in Bristol with
her husband.
