Book description
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, exploring the
childhood of Chrestmanci - now a book with extra bits!
Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next
'Chrestomanci' is not part of Christopher's plans for the future: he'd
much rather play cricket and wander around his secret dream worlds. But
he soon finds that destiny is difficult to avoid, and that having more
than the usual number of lives is pretty inconvenient - especially when
you lose them as easily as he does!
Then an evil smuggler, known only as The Wraith, threatens the ways of
the worlds and forces Christopher to take action… “…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.
