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Mr. Chesney operates Pilgrim Parties, a tour group that takes paying participants into an outer realm where the inhabitants play frightening and foreboding roles. The time has come to end the staged madness... but can it really be stopped? Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones serves up twists and turns, introduces Querida, Derk, Blade, and Shona and a remarkable cast of wizards, soldiers, kings, dragons, and griffins, and mixes in a lively dash of...
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Muy al sur de Ingary, un joven mercader de alfombras llamado Abdullah fantasea con una vida emocionante llena de bandidos y princesas en apuros... Hasta que un misterioso extraño le vende una alfombra voladora. A partir de entonces se embarcará en un viaje donde conocerá a genios, sultanes, princesas intrépidas y magos con los que descubrirá que sus ensoñaciones son mucho más que simples castillos en el aire.
Inspirada en Las mil y una noches,...
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En el país de Ingary, donde existen cosas como las botas de siete leguas o las capas de invisibilidad, que una bruja te maldiga no es algo inusual. Cuando la Bruja del Páramo convierte a Sophie Hatter en una anciana, la joven abandona la sombrerería familiar para pedir ayuda en el único lugar mágico que se le ocurre: el castillo ambulante que atemoriza a los habitantes de Market Chipping. Pues dentro no sólo se halla un demonio del fuego, sino...
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En la ciudad de High Norland, la joven Charmain Baker pasa sus días con la nariz siempre metida en algún libro. Cuando su familia la envía a la casa de un pariente mago, ella parte emocionada por vivir al fin su propia aventura. Pero a su llegada se topa con un confuso laberinto de habitaciones extrañas, un aprendiz sin maestro e infinidad de criaturas singulares. Para colmo, pronto se ve involucrada en una misión del rey por la que acude una...
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When the Merlin of Blest dies, everyone thinks it's a natural death. But Roddy and Grundo, two children traveling with the Royal Court, soon discover the truth. The Merlin's replacement and other courtiers are scheming to steal the magic of Blest for their own purposes. Roddy enlists the help of Nick, a boy from another world, and the three turn to their own impressive powers. The dangers are great, and if Roddy, Grundo, and Nick cannot stop the conspirators,...
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It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards' University. Although Wizard Corkoran's obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his time is devoted to this project, he decides he will teach the new first years himself in hopes of currying the favor of the new students' families-for surely they must all come from wealth, important families-and...
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A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones's bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestomanci novels will enchant fans of Soman Chainani, Rick Riordan, and Chris Colfer.
Volume III contains Conrad's Fate and The Pinhoe Egg.
In Conrad's Fate, Conrad Tesdinic must overcome his terrible karma while working at the mysterious Stallery Mansion. Luckily for him, young Christopher Chant is also undercover at Stallery to rescue his friend Millie.
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"Always perfectly magical." -Neil Gaiman
A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones's bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestomanci novels will enchant fans of Soman Chainani, Rick Riordan, and Chris Colfer.
Volume II contains The Magicians of Caprona and Witch Week.
In the Magicians of Caprona, the two warring families of Caprona, the Montanas and the Petrocchis, must join forces to keep the White Devil from invading their city....
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