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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackEAN: 9780061148323 ISBN: 0061148326 Label: Eos Manufacturer: Eos Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 688 Publication Date: May 01, 2008 Publisher: Eos Reading Level: Young Adult Release Date: April 22, 2008 Studio: Eos Editorial Review: Product Description: In the multiple parallel universes of the Twelve Related Worlds, only an enchanter with nine lives is powerful enough to control the rampant misuse of magic—and to hold the title Chrestomanci. . . . Cat and Christopher Chant make the most unusual friends. Christopher befriends a boy with terrible karma in a mansion where everything keeps changing. Cat meets a girl whose family of rogue witches is hiding shocking secrets. Will the Chrestomanci be able to sort out the tangle of mysteries and magic? Average Rating:
 Rating: - A very good bookReviewed by Casey Holt (age 14) for Reader Views (7/08) "The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume III" is a very good book. It is actually two books in one! They are set in a magical world, where there is only one person who can control all of that magic -- and that is the Chrestomanci. In "Conrad's Fate," Christopher Chant (who is to become the next Chrestomanci) goes to find his enchantress friend "Millie" who has run away from boarding school because it was such an awful ... Read More Rating: - Wish I'd known moreWhen I find an author I like, I tend to buy all his/her books. This book is two novellas together. If I'd known that when I bought it, I wouldn't have bought the separate novellas. It left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth even though I enjoyed the books. I just wish the description of the books would tell you when it's two previously published books in one. I buy enough books twice without that twist added. Rating: - Smart Fiction for Kids (and Grownups Who Like Kid's Fiction)I've ready many Diana Wynne Jones books, some better, some worse. The two stories in this volume are excellent. I bought it late in the afternoon, reluctantly put it down in the middle of Conrad's Fate to go to bed, then finished the rest the next day. I scarcely noticed the time passing, and I look forward to another reread. One thing I love about both of these stories is that consequences always exist for the actions of the characters--whether they're young or old, no one gets off ... Read More Rating: - A good dealThis volume contains two books: "Conrad's Fate" and "The Pinhoe Egg". It costs just a little more than each of them, so it's a very good deal. I wish I'd known this before. Rating: - Tales of the ChrestomanciLong before Harry Potter was even dreamed of, Diana Wynne Jones was penning stories about her magical alternate worlds, and the nine-lived enchanter Chrestomanci. Fortuntely, the last few years have seen a return for Chrestomanci. "The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume III" compiles the latest two books, one set in the past and one in the present. And both of them have everything you'd expect of a Chrestomanci novel -- eccentric humor, oddball characters, strange magic, mysterious happenings, ... Read More |
