The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. II

Mixed Magics (Chronicles of Chrestomanci)

Spellbound: Fantasy Stories

Vile Visitors

Earwig and the Witch

The Islands of Chaldea

The Moon of Gomrath

The Dragon in the Library

Chrestomanci (Recommended Reading Order)

“Always perfectly magical.” —Neil Gaiman

A timeless classic with brand-new cover art! Diana Wynne Jones’s bestselling, magical, and funny Chrestomanci novels will enchant fans of Soman Chainani, Rick Riordan, and Chris Colfer.

Volume I contains Charmed Life and The Lives of Christopher Chant.

In Charmed Life, the first Chrestomanci book, the orphaned Cat Chant and his sister Gwendolen are taken to live at Chrestomanci Castle. There they are under the guardianship and tutelage of the Chrestomanci—a nine-lived enchanter who polices the many worlds of the multiverse. Gwendolen thinks highly of herself and her magical skills, but it soon comes out that Cat is the more powerful. He himself is a nine-lived enchanter and will one day take up Chrestomanci’s job—if he and Chrestomanci can stop Gwendolen from wreaking havoc in multiple worlds.

The Lives of Christopher Chant is the story of Chrestomanci’s own childhood and how he came to live at the Castle himself. With distracted parents, a nefarious uncle, and a severe guardian who was Chrestomanci before Christopher, it’s no wonder that Christopher keeps losing his lives.

The first of three volumes, the Chronicles of Chrestomanci can be read in any order.

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The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. II

Diana Wynne Jones, 1982

Mixed Magics (Chronicles of Chrestomanci)

Diana Wynne Jones, 2000

Spellbound: Fantasy Stories

Jacob Grimm, Jane Yolen, Diana Wynne Jones, 1994

Vile Visitors

Diana Wynne Jones, 2012

Earwig and the Witch

Paul O. Zelinsky, Diana Wynne Jones, 2011

The Islands of Chaldea

Diana Wynne Jones, Ursula Jones, 2014

The Moon of Gomrath

Alan Garner, 1963

The Dragon in the Library

Louie Stowell, 2019