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So you want to be a wizard

Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Duane, Diane
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2003.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Young wizards bk. 01
Subjects:	Wizards > Young adult fiction. Bullies > Young adult fiction. Fantasy fiction > Young adult.
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable eBook Here.
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Summary:	Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.
Item Description:	"20th Anniversary ed. "Features a new afterword and the Nita and Kit story 'Uptown local'"--Cover. "Uptown local" previously published in "Dragons and Dreams" edited by Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg, and Charles G. Waugh, published by Harper & Row. Sequel: Deep wizardry.
Physical Description:	323 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0152047387 (Hardcover)
Author Notes:	Author Diane Duane was born in New York City on May 18, 1952, and grew up in Roosevelt, Long Island. She is an American science fiction and fantasy author. Duane studied nursing in college and became a psychiatric nurse. She began writing full time in 1980 and has published numerous novels, including several with her husband, Peter Morwood. She also writes screenplays, served as senior writer for the BBC-TV education series "Science Challenge," and writes scripts for CD-ROM computer games. Her "Young Wizards" series won a special commendation in the Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize in Children's Literature, 2003. She currently lives in County Wicklow, Ireland. (Bowker Author Biography)