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So You Want to Be a Wizard: The First Book in the Young Wizards Series, Twentieth-Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)

by Diane Duane (Author) "SHE DID HER CHORES that morning and got out of the house with the book as fast as she could, heading for one of her..." (more)
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"Stands between the works of Diana Wynne Jones . . . and Madeleine L'Engle. . . . An outstanding, original work." (The Horn Book )

As two young wizards embark on a mission to preserve the universe they encounter an eerie version of Manhattan. Ages 10-up.  (Publishers Weekly )


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Long before wizards were a fixture on the bestseller lists, Kit and Nita were working magic with readers of all ages. In honor of the twentieth anniversary of the Young Wizards series, So You Want to Be a Wizard is now available in a deluxe hardcover edition, featuring a new afterword from Diane Duane as well as the hard-to-find Kit and Nita short story "Uptown Local."
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1.0 out of 5 stars Stephen King without the potty mouth, Jul 17 2004
By bernie "xyzzy" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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Yep, it is pretty much the "Dark Tower" all over again. Impossible menacing objects and cliffhangers with solutions the come out of the air at the last moment to keep from painting the hero and heroine into an inescapable corner.
13 year old Nita is being zeroed in by the neighborhood girl gang. Their intention is to beat the snot out of her. In the process of evading her fate she ducks into the Library basement. Minding her own business and pawing the books one snags her. You guessed it; the title is "So You Want To Be a Wizard."

Naturally, young wizards can out wiz, out think, and out run the bad guys (maybe), in this first book of a series.



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5.0 out of 5 stars So You Want A Great Read?, Sep 24 2003
By "zenfrodo" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews
This is THE Wizardry book -- Diane was doing Young Wizards way before JK Rowling even thought of ol' HP, and Diane does it better. Nita is a loner, an outsider, a smart, lonely bookworm who gets snagged by the Powers That Be to be a Wizard -- we're not talking cutesy punny-spells ala' HP, we're talking a real Wizard, one who vows to protect & serve Life. Nita doesn't leave the "real" world behind; she's now one of those vowed to protect it from the Lone Power (who invented Death). These books are great mind-stretching, thinking reads, without ever becoming preachy. I fell in love with this book while in high school, and now I'm 37 years old and still eagerly waiting for Diane to write more of the series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars So You Want...A Great Book for Your Library! Superb!, Aug 24 2003
By "liaden" (Somewhere Over the Rainbow) - See all my reviews
So You Want to be a Wizard is a long-time favorite of mine--a classic and entertaining clash between magic and science that draws a reader so surely into its pages, you'll be unlikely to emerge until you have savored every word. This new edition has an adorable cover PLUS a new story about Kit and Nita included.

Nita didn't know there was such a thing as magic--until she was hiding in the library one day and came across nothing short of a wizard's manual--and it was waiting for her! Nita takes the wizard's oath and finds herself endowed with power that she doesn't know how to control. Along with her new friend Kit, also a wizard, Nita's first spell summons the concentrated spirit of a white dwarf star and together they spiral deep into an adventure, and finally a battle with an ancient evil that invented death itself.

Duane writes with a fun and inventive style that and manages to make you laugh while writing a serious adventure. This novel is truly for everyone, as the magic will simply fascinate young fans, while more advanced readers will find themselves reading in depth, wondering at the specifics of Duane's wizards and their sorcery.

Buyers of this edition will find that it is very cute and childish (that doens't make it bad!)--older readers might be more interested in the normal editions which have VERY cool covers that are both realistic and magical. If you plan to collect the whole series, this cover won't match the rest of the set.

For fans of the series who already own this book in another edition, I would not purchase this one but rather check it out of the library for the story in the back. The story isn't as good as the books, but its still enjoyable. Happy reading!

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5.0 out of 5 stars If you like Harry Potter...
If you don't know how you are going to pass the time during the long long long wait for the next installment of Harry Potter, pick up So You Want to be a Wizard. Read more
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