Lives of Christopher Chant

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Lives of Christopher Chant

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Author(s):

Diana Wynne Jones

First Pub:

1988

Genre(s):

Fantasy

First Read:

2004

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Internal ID:

226

Series:

<- Witch Week

Chrestomanci*

#4 of 4

Chrestomanci*

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1) Charmed Life
2) The Magicians of Caprona
3) Witch Week
4) Lives of Christopher Chant

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First Sentence:

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Last Sentence:

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Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 07-Apr-2020

Publications

01-Oct-1998

William Morrow and Company, Inc.

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Oct-1998

Pages*:

240

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

320

Publisher:

William Morrow and Company, Inc.

ISBN:

0-688-16365-3

ISBN-13:

978-0-688-16365-5

Country:

United States

Language:

English

The Lives of Christopher Chant

A bewitching fantasy by a master of the supernatural

His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems natural 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 Chant 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.

The Lives of Christopher Chant is the adventure-filled story of the boyhood of Chrestomanci, the famous magician who also appears in Charmed Life, Witch Week, and The Magicians of Caprona.

"A cracking good story." - ALA Booklist (starred review)
"Wonderfully entertaining. A born storyteller weaves her own brand of magic." - The Horn Book (starred review)

An ALA Notable Book

Cover art © 1998 by Greg Newbold

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Author(s)

Diana Wynne Jones
Birth: 16 Aug 1934 London, England, UK
Death: 26 Mar 2011 Bristol, England, UK

Notes:

Diana Wynne Jones was born in London, England. She received a BA degree from St Annes' College in Oxford. She began to write full time in 1965. She has won various awards and honors. The Carnegie Commendation for her book Dogsbody was her first in 1975. She has also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award twice and was nominated for the International World Fantasy Award.

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