Diana Wynne Jones
Author
Series
Howl's Moving Castle series volume 1
World of Howl volume 3
Howl's Moving Castle volume 1
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World of Howl volume 3
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Language
English
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Description
Sophie has the great misfortune of being the eldest of three daughters, destined to fail miserably should she ever leave home to seek her fate. But when she unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, Sophie finds herself under a horrid spell that transforms her into an old lady. Her only chance at breaking it lies in the ever-moving castle in the hills: the Wizard Howl's castle. To untangle the enchantment, Sophie must handle the heartless...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Aileen's family of magic makers includes Aunt Beck, the most powerful magician on Skarr, but her own magic does not show itself until a mission for the King and a magical cat help her find strength and confidence.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Language
English
Description
Although an orphan, Earwig has always enjoyed living at St. Morwald's, where she manages to make everyone do her bidding, but when she is taken in by a foster parents who are actually a witch and a demon, she has a hard time trying to turn the situation to her advantage.
7) Charmed life
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After two centuries of feuding the powers of the two families of magicians in mythical Caprona are too weak to stop an incipient war, but the younger members of the families find a way.
Gwendolyn Chant and her brother Cat find the Chrestomanci Castle family's magic powers difficult to counter with the inferior power of the Coven Street witches.
9) Witch week
Author
Language
English
Description
When a teacher at an English boarding school finds a note on his desk accusing someone in the class of being a witch, magical things begin to happen and an Inquisitor is summoned.
Author
Series
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Publication Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives. At night Christopher can leave his body and travel from London to other worlds. Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults, 4th ed. After Christopher discovers that his dreams are so realistic that he can actually visit other worlds and bring things...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Publication Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When his uncle sends him to work at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic overcomes his bad karma and discovers in the mansion's winecellar the source of the magic that threatens to pull his world into one of the eleven other parallel universes.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Publication Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A ghost, uncertain of her identity, watches the four Melford sisters hatch a plan to get their parents' attention and slowly becomes aware of the danger from a supernatural power unleashed by the the girls and their friends from the boys boarding school run by the Melfords.
15) Enchanted glass
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Publication Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
After his grandfather dies, Andrew Hope inherits a house and surrounding land in an English village, but things become very complicated when young orphan Aidan shows up and suddenly a host of variously magical townsfolk and interlopers start intruding on their lives.
17) Deep secret
Author
Series
Magids volume 1
Language
English
Description
Rupert Venables is a Magid.
It's a Magid's job to oversee what goes on in the vast Multiverse. Actually, Rupert is really only a junior Magid. But, he's got a king-sized problem. Rupert's territory includes Earth and the Empire of Korfyros. When his mentor dies, Rupert must find a replacement. But, there are hundreds of candidates. How is he supposed to choose? And, interviewing each one could take forever.
Unless...
What if he could round them...
Author
Series
Dalemark quartet volume 4
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Language
English
Description
The Countess and Lord Keril send Mitt to kill a young woman Noreth Onesdaughter, who claims to know where the lost crown is hidden.
20) Cart and cwidder
Author
Series
Dalemark quartet volume 1
Publisher
HarperTrophy
Publication Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
When their father, a traveling minstrel, is killed, three children involved in rebellion and intrigue inherit a lute-like cwidder with more than musical powers.



