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The Chronicles of Chrestomanci

The Worlds of Chrestomanci (collective work) (edit title/settings)

Charmed Life / The Lives of Christopher Chant / Witch Week / The Magicians of Caprona

by Diana Wynne Jones (Author) (edit contributors)

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Gwendolen Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomancie Castle family's magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior powers of the Coven Street witches.
After two centuries of feuding the powers of the two families of magicians in mythical Caprona are too weak to stop an... read more

Books in This Collection

  1. Charmed Life

    by Diana Wynne Jones (Author)

    A bewitching comic fantasy by a master of the supernatural Cat doesn't mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are...

  2. The Lives of Christopher Chant

    by Diana Wynne Jones (Author)

    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...

  3. Witch Week

    by Diana Wynne Jones (Author)

    There are good witches and bad witches, but the law says that all witches must be burned at the stake. So when an anonymous note warns, "Someone in this class is a witch," the students in 6B are nervous -- especially the boy who's just...

  4. The Magicians of Caprona

    by Diana Wynne Jones (Author)

    Tonino is the only person in the famous Montana household who wasn't born with an instinct for creating spells, but he has other gifts.His ability to communicate with cats just might help defend the city of Caprona against a mysterious...

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  1. Diana Wynne Jones (Author)

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