Book description
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!
Winner of the Guardian Award. “…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.
