Unexpected magic collected stories
A collection of sixteen stories including "The Plague of Peacocks," "Aunt Bea's Day Out," "The Fat Wizard," "No One," and "Everard's Ride."
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Greenwillow Books,
2004.
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| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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| Summary: | A collection of sixteen stories including "The Plague of Peacocks," "Aunt Bea's Day Out," "The Fat Wizard," "No One," and "Everard's Ride." A collection of sixteen stories including "The Plague of Peacocks," "Aunt Bea's Day Out," "The Fat Wizard," "No One," and "Everard's Ride." Annotation. 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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| Physical Description: | 497 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0060555335 0060555343 (lib. bdg.) |
| Author Notes: | (Bowker Author Biography) |
