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So You Want to Be a Wizard
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Young Wizards: Book 1

So You Want to Be a Wizard (1983) (edit title/settings)

by Diane Duane (Author) (edit contributors)

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Something stopped Nita's hand as it ran along the bookshelf, she looked and found that one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. It was one of those "So You Want to Be a . . ." books, a series on careers. So You Want to Be a Pilot, and a Scientist ... a Writer. Yet this one... read more

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  • Nita Callahan: Nita Callahan is a young girl who loves to read. She is often bullied by the neighborhood rich girls and hardly ever fights back, preferring to run. That is, until she found that book. So you Want to be a Wizard? One of those So you want to be a... books. But this one is for real. Not a joke, and Nita gains powers beyond her wildest dreams.
  • Kit Rodriguez: The main character.
  • Fred: A white hole and companion of the kids!
  • Joanne: Bully from Nita's school
  • Tom: One of the more senior wizards in the story
  • Carl: One of the more senior wizards in the story
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  • Mason
  • Annie
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"Part of the problem, Nita thought as she tore desperately down Rose Avenue, is that I can't keep my mouth shut."

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Prologue

1. Preliminary Excercises
2. Research and Development
3. Temporospatial Claudications
4. Exocontinual Protocols
5. Entropics
6. Contractual Magic
7. Major Wizardries
8. Timeheart

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 9 in Young Wizards. (standard series)

Followed by Deep Wizardry.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Diane Duane (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1983
ISBN: 0152049401
Page Count: 226

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  • Young Wizards: Discussion groups and information about the Young Wizards series.

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