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Unexpected Magic
ISBN/GTIN

Unexpected Magic

Collected Stories - 8 - 12 J.
BookHardcover
Ranking4648168in
CHF24.90

Description

What if your strangest dreams and wildest imaginings turned out to be . . . well . . . true?

In this riveting collection, master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents wildly unpredictable tales in which even the most routine lives are visited by extraordinary events:

A writer's character infiltrates her computer and makes her an accomplice in his cyber revolt


A sick girl's drawings come to life -- with a vengeance


A vet's dream about a wounded werewolf is interrupted by a startling phone call


A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast




These fifteen stories and one novella -- including three works never before published in the United States -- will tickle and enchant, startle and surprise.
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ISBN/GTIN978-0-06-055534-4
Product TypeBook
BindingHardcover
Publishing date11/05/2004
Pages512 pages
LanguageEnglish
Minimum age8 years
Article no.3316375
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.46215765
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Author

In a career spanning four decades, award-winning author Diana Wynne Jones (19342011) wrote more than forty books of fantasy for young readers. Characterized by magic, multiple universes, witches and wizardsand a charismatic nine-lived enchanterher books are filled with unlimited imagination, dazzling plots, and an effervescent sense of humor that earned her legendary status in the world of fantasy.