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  Gair is famous. He is known throughout the Moor for his magnificent triple collar, of the finest Dorig work. The words in it are Wisdom, Sight and Courage. But Giants who visit the Moor are unlikely to see him, or Dorig either. And I do not advise anyone to try. Mr. Masterfield would warn you off for trespassing—it is part of his agreement with the Dorig—and if you did happen to stumble across Garholt, the bees would give you a very unpleasant time.

  About the Author

  DIANA WYNNE JONES wrote more than forty award-winning books of fantasy for young readers. For her body of work, she was awarded the British Fantasy Society’s Karl Edward Wagner Award for having made a significant impact on fantasy and the World Fantasy Society Lifetime Achievement Award.

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  THE WORLDS OF CHRESTOMANCI

  Book 1: Charmed Life

  Book 2: The Lives of Christopher Chant

  Book 3: The Magicians of Caprona

  Book 4: Witch Week

  Mixed Magics: Four Tales of Chrestomanci

  The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 1

  (Contains books 1 and 2)

  The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 2

  (Contains books 3 and 4)

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  Book 2: Drowned Ammet

  Book 3: The Spellcoats

  Book 4: The Crown of Dalemark

  Credits

  Cover art © 2012 by Paul O. Zelinsky

  Cover design by Sylvie Le Floc’h

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  Power of Three

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  Jones, Diana Wynne.

  Power of Three

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  “Greenwillow Books.”

  Summary: The curse of Orban spreads bad luck to the rest of the Otmounders, the Giants, and the Dorig until three Otmounder children are born with Gifts.

  ISBN 0-06-623743-2—ISBN 0-06-447359-7(pbk.)

  EPub Edition © JANUARY 2012 ISBN 9780062200815

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  First Harper Trophy edition, 2003

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  The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume I and Volume II

  The Chrestomanci oversees the magic in all the worlds. Omnibus editions of the first four novels featuring Diana Wynne Jones’s most beloved characters. Contains Charmed Life, The Lives of Christopher Chant, Witch Week, and The Magicians of Caprona.

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  With the help of Christopher Chant, can Conrad figure out who is pulling the possibilities and putting his world at risk … and also stay ahead of his dark fate? A Chrestomanci Book.

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  Dark Lord of Derkholm

  When Derk is chosen to play Dark Lord, he is forced by the sinister Mr. Chesney to turn his country estate into a castle lit by baleful fires, manifest himself as a nine-foot-tall shadow, and lead his minions in a battle against the forces of good.

  Year of the Griffin

  At Wizard’s University, Wizard Derk’s griffin daughter Elda and her fellow first-year students encounter tyrannical tutors, boring lectures, and truly terrible refectory food.

  Dogsbody

  Sirius, immortal Lord of the Dog Star, is outraged when he is falsely accused of murder and banished to Earth. There he must live—and die—in the body of a dog unless he can retrieve a mysterious celestial weapon and thereby clear his name.

  Fire and Hemlock

  Polly tries to reconcile her two sets of memories and discover the truth behind her friendship with musician Tom Lynn in time to

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  Hexwood

  Through her window, Ann watches person after person disappear through the gate of Hexwood Farm. Then strangeness spreads from Earth right out to the center of the galaxy.

  The Homeward Bounders

  After Jamie discovers that mysterious beings are manipulating worlds in an elaborate game, they send him bouncing from world to world—until he tries to use their own rules to defeat them.

  Howl’s Moving Castle

  When the Witch of the Waste turns Sophie into an old woman, Sophie finds refuge in the floating castle of a mysterious man. People and things are never quite what they seem in this entrancing fantasy.

  Castle in the Air

  Abdullah was content with his daydreams until the day a stranger sold him a magic carpet. This fast-paced fantasy is full of djinns, wizards, a floating castle, kidnapped princesses, and two puzzling prophecies.

  The Merlin Conspiracy

  Roddy, Nick, and Grundo come together from different worlds in an attempt to unseat the false Merlin of Blest, who threatens the very structure of all worlds.

  A Tale of Time City

  A girl evacuated from London during the Blitz is kidnapped to Time City in the far distant future, where she must help save both Time City and all of human history.

  The Time of the Ghost

  A nameless protagonist doesn’t know why she’s invisibly floating through the buildings and grounds of a half-remembered boarding school. Then, to her horror, she encounters the ancient evil that four peculiar sisters have unwittingly woken—and learns she is the sisters’ only hope against a deadly danger.

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