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But once you start reading, you run into some language and concepts that, when i first read this book as. Duanes magic sounds far more like a scientific process rather than an occult bit of. So you want to be a wizard by diane duane books on. Nita, chased by bullies, hides in a library and finds astrange book called so you want to be a wizard. I believe you will really enjoy so you want to be a wizard. Like the otherworldly adventures in fillory, a meddle of wizards also. Are there any other books like alice in wonderland or the wonderful wizard of oz, where a young child ends up in a fantasy land and meets with lots of unique characters and situations. Thirteenyearold nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she wont fight. Support your local wizard so you want to be a wizard, deep wizardry, high wizardry by diane duane apr 9, 2001. The first book in the young wizards series 9780152162504. New millennium edition is a revised text so that current tech is not too different to that in later books. Nita finds a book entitled so you want to be a wizard in the career section of the library and is delighted with the idea. In the prologue of so you want to be a wizard, i absolutely want to be a wizard. And getting beat up a couple of times a week by joanne and her friends is.

Published july 1st 2003 by hmh books for young readers first published 1983. Neill, there are some very dark corners in the wonderful land of oz. It contains information about the nature and structure of the universe, instruction in the use of magic, and a wizards oath. It was written in 1982 and published in the next year. Because she insists on fighting with words instead of her fists, yearold nita is regularly tormented by a gang of classmates. Amazon second chance pass it on, trade it in, give it a second life.

When nita finds the book at the library, she cant quite believe that it could help so you want to be a wizard. But along the way, i have learned a few ways to debug tricky problems, get the information i need from my colleagues, and get my job done. It begins a series that is formally known as the young wizards, although most people will not have a clue what that means most fans simply refer. Sign up for the saturday comics list and ill send you one of my favourite comics from the wizard zines archives every saturday. Thirteenyearold nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she wont fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension. Goodreads members who liked so you want to be a wizard also lik. So you want to be a wizard by diane duane 1992, paperback. Here is a lovely list of all wordcounts for every chapter, including the point where a chapter is split in half. Jun 01, 2001 found that one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. So you want to b e a wizard young wizards series book 1 book 1 of 10. Apr 10, 2016 mark reads so you want to be a wizard.

And diana wynn jones books, especially the chrestomanci series. Search by title, author, illustrator, or keyword using the search box above. The series began in 1983 with the book so you want to be a wizard, which told the story of. So you want to be a wizard by diane duane delacorte press, 1983. Like many of you, ive been doing operations for a couple of years, and i still have a ton to learn about how to do this sre job. But once you start reading, you run into some language and concepts that, when i first read this book as a preteen, went over my head. Im certain to buy the others in the series now and am really looking forward to listening to them. Find books like so you want to be a wizard from the worlds largest community of readers. Ill also email you much more rarely when i release a new zine. So you want to be a wizard defies age categorization. So you want to be a wizard by diane duane goodreads. Mar 22, 2016 you are required to pay the correct amount for a commission before it is yours.

Sep 23, 2015 something stopped nitas hand as it ran along the bookshelf. Young wizards fanfiction archive with over 562 stories. Nita callahan is tired of the bullies in her school until she finds a library book that promises her the chance to become a wizard. Books similar to so you want to be a wizard goodreads. So what should you pick up next to get your reading mojo back. Mar 30, 2015 as any fan of the oz books can tell you, theres a whole universe beyond what judy garland saw. If you like so you want to be a wizard you might like similar books dragons blood, searching for dragons, the enchanted forest chronicles, deep wizardry, a wizard abroad. Diane duane is still offering a massive discount on the first 9 books in the young wizards series. Id add diane duanes young wizard series, beginning with so you want to be a wizard. One day, running to escape their blows, she hides in the only safe place nearbythe library. When a book about wizardry catches her eye, nita finds the help she needs in.

I devoured the books like chiclets when i was a kid, and behind the enamelbright illustrations of w. What are some good books which are like harry potter in genre, that. Here are five books that make melike daleinawish i had magic. The plot follows nita callahan, a thirteenyearold girl who discovers a book titled so you want to be a wizard while hiding from bullies in a library. But after spreading out through space for almost a century, bob and his clones just cant stay out of trouble. Maybe youll never find a book better than harry potter, but that doesnt mean you cant enjoy reading other novels about magic, friendship.

She looked and found that one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. Instantly get a book s guided reading, lexile measure, dra, or grade level reading level. And getting beat up a couple of times a week by joanne and her friends is certainly a thorny problem. Chapter 1, part i posted on march 28, 2016 by mark oshiro in the first chapter of so you want to be a wizard, nita learns more about magic and meets her first wizard. Twentiethanniversary edition has an additional short story, uptown local. Each novel pits nita and kit against the lone power, an entity ultimately bent on the destruction of the entire universe. Something stopped nitas hand as it ran along the bookshelf. So you want to be a wizard is a young adult fantasy novel from back when young adult was still a newish idea, and it is arguably one of the books that helped to define the category. Christina moore, the narrator, does a beautiful job of bring nita, kit, and fred to life. Frank baums amazing oz books are creepier than you. Aug 14, 2012 so you want to be a wizard has been in print pretty much constantly, on one or both sides of the atlantic and in various nonenglish speaking countries here and there, for thirty years now.

So you want to be a wizard now drmfree outside the us. I am, after all, a yearold girl and really dislike the knightinshiningarmour rescuesthedamselindistress stuff. She is one of the few who will even notice the book, proving that she has the potential to be a wizard and understand the hidden magic in the world. So you want to be a wizard free pdf, djvu, fb2, txt. These books include the same elements that make harry potter so. Diane duanes young wizard series begins with so you want to be a wizard, the first of eight are already available reads.

So you want to be a wizard audiobook by diane duane. So you want to be a wizard by diane duane librarything. So you want to be a wizard audiobook, by diane duane. Find and level books by searching the book wizard database of more than 50,000 childrens books. Diane duane is still offering a massive discount on the first 9 books in the young wizards series just to this community, so please. So you want to be a wizard audiobook listen instantly. Support your local wizard so you want to be a wizard, deep wizardry, high wizardry by diane duane 20010409. I also want to get the early bird books newsletter featuring great deals. Apr 24, 2016 mark reads so you want to be a wizard. Post navigation oct 26, 2008 if you havent read all of the books in the oz series, you may want to. The protagonist, nita, is thirteen, and from the outside, everything about the book seems to fit neatly into the middle grade category.

It was one of things i tried searching for when i got my ereader, with no success. Nita, a thirteenyearold girl, is hiding in the library from a bunch of bullies when she finds a book called so you want to be a wizard. The marvelous land of oz 1904 aka the land of oz 3. Diane duane is still offering a massive discount on the first 9 books in the young wizards series just to this community, so please take. The young wizards series presently consists of eleven books, focusing on the adventures of two young wizards named nita and kit. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Having so you want to be a wizard read out loud to me again for the first time in years was wonderful fun. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Set in the future, whit and wisty allgood are arrested, sent to prison and slated to be executed once a new totalitarian government called the new order takes power. To ask other readers questions about so you want to be a wizard, please. So you want to be a wizard by diane duane scholastic. The plot follows nita callahan, a thirteenyearold girl who discovers a book titled so you want to be a. So you want to be a wizard is the first book in the young wizards series currently consisting of eleven books by diane duane.

Instantly get a books guided reading, lexile measure, dra, or grade level reading level. In 2012 a revised new millennium edition was published. So you want to be a wizard have strong female protagonists. So you want to be a wizard now drmfree outside the us i have very fond memories of this book from the school library. Its to find books that are interesting enough for kids to follow, but these books make reading easy and enjoyable while addressing serious issues.