A Wizard Abroad

Name: A Wizard Abroad
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Diane Duane
ISBN: 9781501992704

Author: Diane Duane

Series: Young Wizards #4

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories, Action & Adventure Stories

Synopsis

Long Island’s teen wizard returns in “an unusually consistent fantasy, rich in details, subplots, and Irish lore” from the author of High Wizardry (School Library Journal). To give fifteen-year-old Nita a vacation from magic—and her partner Kit—her parents pack her off for a stay with her eccentric aunt in Ireland. But Nita soon finds herself with a host of Irish wizards battling mythical beings, wolves, and elves from a nightmare land. In A Wizard Abroad, “Duane seamlessly interweaves encounters with creatures from legend with glimpses of modern Irish life and teen culture. Her view of magic’s place in the scheme of things is so clever and well reasoned that readers will have no trouble suspending belief (School Library Journal). “Exceptional.”—Science Fiction Chronicle

About Diane Duane

Diane Duane's first novel, The Door into Fire, garnered her a Campbell Award nomination. Since then, Diane has published numerous short stories, various comics, computer games, and over forty novels, including the Young Wizards series, the Tom Clancy's Net Force young adult series, and a host of Star Trek novels. She lives in Ireland.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kendrick on August 05, 2021

In my review of High Wizardry, I pointed out that Duane had gone into strong science fiction territory with her writing. Here, after that sojourn into space, Duane sends her protagonist, Nita Callahan, to Ireland for a vacation away from magic -- except that there is no vacation when you can be pull......more

Goodreads review by Dixie on February 09, 2015

Not one of my favorite books in the series. Didn't shed a single tear during it. Wasn't even tempted. I think that's partly because I was annoyed by the love triangle nonsense, and the way that the heroine both insulted and thought she was in love with the Irish guy. Oh, and the part where the Irish......more

Goodreads review by Julie on January 18, 2021

Not bad, just not as good (or clearly told) as the other books leading up to it.......more

Goodreads review by Joe on May 09, 2018

this one had a kitten who was also a bard, so it gets an extra star. it also has a bunch of adults going "oh, you're the kids who've done some improbable tasks, go you!" and I love their casual acceptance of that and acceptance that the kids really will help with things.......more

Goodreads review by Kailey (Luminous Libro) on March 29, 2017

Nita is shipped off to Ireland to stay with her Aunt Annie for a few weeks. The barriers between Ireland and the Old World of Tir na nOg are thin, and Nita must help the Irish wizards to ward off nightmare creatures from the past. Legends and monsters from Irish legend come into the realm of reality......more