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The childhood of Chrestomanci. Everything in this book happens at least twenty-five years before the story told in Charmed Life… 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...

Read by Ursula Jones, the third title in the stunning Chrestomanci series. 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...

Discover Diana Wynne Jones’ Magicians of Caprona – the second title in the Chrestomanci series, read by Nickolas Grace. In the worlds of Chrestomanci, anything can happen. This adventure takes place in the Italian Dukedom of Caprona, where spells are as slippery and as tricksy as spaghetti!...

A magical adventure from Diana Wynne Jones, set in the worlds of Chrestomanci! Conrad is young, good at heart, and yet is apparently suffering from the effects of such bad karma that there is nothing in his future but terrible things. Unless he can alter his circumstances – well, to be...

"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...

Manchmal können Teppiche fliegen. Und manchmal werden Träume Wirklichkeit … Die Howl Saga geht weiter mit der humorvollen und magischen 1001-Nacht-Fantasy der preisgekrönten Autorin Diana Wynne Jones. In seinen Tagträumen ist der junge Teppichhändler Abdullah ein Prinz aus einem fernen...

Everyone knows that orphanages are horrible places. But Earwig has a surprising amount of power over everyone else at St Morwald’s Home for Children, and loves it there. So the last thing she wants is to be sent to live with the very strange Bella Yaga… Earwig was left at St Morwald's as a...

Two quirky and hilarious stories from the bestselling Diana Wynne Jones. Two groups of children learn that while you can choose your friends, dealing with your family can make you wish you could choose a different one… THE FOUR GRANNIES. Two children are left alone for a couple of days, while...

A fantasy adventure about saving the universe one world at a time from Diana Wynne Jones. The companion novel to the bestselling The Merlin Conspiracy. Magids look after all worlds, steer them towards magic, and keep history happening. But Rupert Venables’ mentor has just died, and as the...

A chaotically magical sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle. ‘One of the greatest ever writers for children’ – Garth Nix ‘A true original’ – Katherine Rundell ‘She is the best writer of magical fantasy for children’ Evening Standard Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after...

Far to the south in the Land of Ingary lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air...or is it? Abdullah’s day-dreams suddenly start to come true when he meets the exquisite Flower-in-the-Night, daughter of the ferocious Sultan of Zanzib. Fate has destined them for each other, but a bad-tempered genie, a hideous djinn and various villainous bandits have their own ideas. When Flower-in-the-Night is carried off, Abdullah is determined to rescue her—if he can find her.

The complete epic adventure series from ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones. For centuries, Dalemark has been a land divided by the warring earldoms of the North and South. Now, with the help of the Undying, the mysterious gods of Dalemark, four extraordinary young people must join...