So You Want To Be a Wizard, Diane Duane
So You Want To Be a Wizard, Diane Duane
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So You Want To Be a Wizard
Young Wizards, Book One

Author: Diane Duane

Narrator: Christina Moore

Unabridged: 7 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/04/2000

Synopsis

Because she insists on fighting with words instead of her fists, 13-year-old Nita is regularly tormented by a gang of classmates. One day, running to escape their blows, she hides in the only safe place nearby-the library. When a book about wizardry catches her eye, Nita finds the help she needs in its pages. As she moves from chapter to chapter, Nita learns more sophisticated spells. Soon, stepping through a worldgate, she enters a shadowy city swirling with vicious taxicabs and carnivorous fire plugs. What begins as a simple quest quickly becomes a struggle to keep a powerful and ominous force from passing back into Nita's world. Ranked with the best of Madeleine L'Engle and Diana Wynne Jones, Diane Duane's magical tale of wizardry and wisdom has become a modern fantasy classic. Christina Moore's delightful narration captures all the excitement and danger in this thrilling fantasy adventure.

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 mark on June 24, 2017

So you want to stop being bullied, you just want some time to yourself, to read, to do what you want to do, to even make a friend maybe? You find a book and it tells you how. Your book will take you places. Dealing with bullies after reading this book becomes such a small thing. Being the person you......more

Goodreads review by Tamora on November 01, 2008

The perfect fantasy novel--there you are in the library, and you pick up one particular book . . . I love Kit and Nita as they struggle with being sloppy and working around their parents as young wizards!......more

Goodreads review by Kewpie on January 22, 2008

This is sort of an American, dark and urban version of Harry Potter. While browsing shelves at the library, Nita discovers a book with the title "So You Want to Be a Wizard" She takes it as a joke, but it turns out to be the real deal. The spells work and she actually is learning to be a wizard. It t......more

Goodreads review by Adam on November 22, 2009

I started reading this book for the first time when I was grade 8 and I couldn't really get into it. I've finally figured out why. I'm reading it again because it was in my house and I needed something to read, and the dialogue feels forced and VERY dated. It's almost a condescending mockery of how k......more

Goodreads review by Mrelia on April 06, 2007

When the young readers in my acquaintance complain that there aren't more Harry Potter books to read, I like to suggest this series. I usually start the campaign with a few questions to get them interested. "What if kid wizards couldn't tell their families about their powers?" "What if they had to risk......more

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