The Lives of Christopher Chant

Name: The Lives of Christopher Chant
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
ISBN: 9781440797019

Author: Diana Wynne Jones

Series: Chrestomanci #2

Narrator: Gerard Doyle

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/05/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fantasy Stories

Synopsis

Horn Book FanfareALA Notable Children’s BookNebula Award His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the formless Place Between and visits marvelous lands he calls the Almost Anywheres. Then Christopher discovers that he can bring real, solid things back from his dreams. Others begin to recognize the extent of his powers, and they issue an order that turns Christopher's life upside down: Go to Chrestomanci Castle to train to be the controller of all the world's magic.

About Diana Wynne Jones

Diana Wynne Jones was the multiple award-winning author of many fantasy novels for children, teenagers, and adults. Her book Howl's Moving Castle was made into an Academy Award-nominated major animated feature by Hayao Miyazaki. She received the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Married to the medievalist J. A. Burrow, with whom she had three sons, she lived for many years in Bristol, the setting for many of her books.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Martine

Long before J.K. Rowling ever invented Harry Potter, Diana Wynne Jones penned the Chrestomanci series, in which children perform magic (or fail to do so) in worlds which resemble ours but are ever so slightly different. Like Rowling, Jones infused her fantasy novels for children with enough wit and......more

Goodreads review by Laura

Diana Wynne Jones is a delight to read. Understated, clever, and filled with dry humor, this book was very hard to tear myself away from. The escapades of the Chant boys are ridiculously fun. I was introduced to Diana Wynne Jones by Miyazaki's animated version of her book, "Howl's Moving Castle", wh......more