Best Selling Books by Diana Wynne Jones

Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci - now a book with extra bits! SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH When the note, written in ordinary ballpoint, turns up in the homework books Mr Crossley is marking, he is very upset. For this is Larwood House, a school for witch-orphans, where witchcraft is utterly forbidden. And yet magic keeps breaking out all over the place - like measles! The last thing they need is a visit from the Divisional Inquisitor. If only Chrestomanci could come and sort out all the trouble.

Ann Staveley, in bed with a virus in her home near Hexwood Farm, watches people disappear into the old farmhouse. Ann investigates and discovers that nothing in the wood is quite right. Things keep getting stranger until the strangeness has spread from Earth to the center of the galaxy. "An elaborate, fascinating, and superbly crafted adventure."--Kirkus Reviews. "Futuristic, virtual-reality technology melds with the realm of Faerie....Marvelously mind-stretching."--School Library Journal.

A bestselling fantasy adventure about two teens from two very different worlds, who must work together to save the universe. The companion novel to the bestselling Deep Secret.

Science fiction. Unbeknown to most people a group of benevolent witches are hard at work keeping the world safe from evil and destruction.

''One of the greatest ever writers for children'' - Garth Nix ''A true original'' - Katherine Rundell ''Truly magical ... Guaranteed to leave you gasping'' The Bookseller ''She is the best writer of magical fantasy for children'' Evening Standard In this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell... Deciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above her town, Market Chipping. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girls... There Sophie meets Michael, Howl''s apprentice, and Calcifer the fire demon, with whom she agrees a pact. Her entanglements with Calcifer, Howl and Michael and her quest to break her curse come alive with Diana Wynne Jones''s unique combination of magic, humour and imagination. From one of the most beloved, bestselling and award-winning fantasy writers of all time.

The Countess and Lord Keril send Mitt to kill a young woman Noreth Onesdaughter, who claims to know where the lost crown is hidden.

A stand-alone novel of magic and adventure by the renowned fantasy author Diana Wynne Jones, who also wrote Howl''s Moving Castle and the Chrestomanci books. Almost finished upon her death in 2011, the manuscript was completed by Diana''s sister Ursula Jones, an acclaimed novelist and actress. Publishers Weekly called The Islands of Chaldea "a story to cherish" in their starred review. Aileen comes from a long line of magic makers, and her aunt Beck is the most powerful magician on Skarr. But Aileen''s magic has yet to reveal itself, even though she is old enough and it should have by now. When Aileen is sent over the sea on a mission for the King, she worries that she''ll be useless and in the way. A powerful talking cat changes all of that—and with every obstacle Aileen faces, she becomes stronger and more confident, until her magic blooms. This stand-alone novel, by the beloved and acclaimed author of such classic fantasy novels as Howl''s Moving Castle and the Chrestomanci books, will be welcomed by fans old and new. "Jones''s imaginative vigor is unabated in this last, picaresque novel; her deft, fluid style and penchant for precise, characterful description are amply present," proclaimed The Horn Book.

The definitive edition of a cult classic by the legendary Diana Wynne Jones. Imagine that all fantasy novels—the ones featuring dragons, knights, wizards, and magic—are set in the same place. That place is called Fantasyland. The Tough Guide to Fantasyland is your travel guide, a handbook to everything you might find: Evil, the Dark Lord, Stew, Boots (but not Socks), and what passes for Economics and Ecology. Both a hilarious send-up of the cliches of the genre and an indispensable guide for writers, The Tough Guide to Fantasyland has been nearly impossible to find for years. Now this cult classic is back, and readers can experience Diana Wynne Jones at her very best: incisive, funny, and wildly imaginative. This is the definitive edition of The Tough Guide, featuring a new map, an entirely new design, and additional material written for it by Diana Wynne Jones. World Fantasy Award Finalist A Hugo Award Finalist (Nonfiction)

“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 III contains Conrad’s Fate and The Pinhoe Egg. In Conrad’s Fate, Conrad Tesdinic must overcome his terrible karma while working at the mysterious Stallery Mansion. Luckily for him, young Christopher Chant is also undercover at Stallery to rescue his friend Millie. In The Pinhoe Egg, Cat Chant and Marianne Pinhoe discover a mystical egg in Marianne’s attic. If Marianne and Cat can harness their own considerable powers, they’ll soon see how the egg fits into the many secrets in Marianne’s family of secret rogue witches. But it may lead to a mess only the Chrestomanci can sort out. The third of three volumes, the Chronicles of Chrestomanci can be read in any order.

It is a country divided by war. For centuries, the earldoms of the North and South have battled. Now, four young people from different times -- with the help of their mysterious gods, the Undying -- must unite to save their beloved land. Traveling musician Moril has inherited a cwidder said to have belonged to one of the Undying. Can he learn to harness its strange powers in time to prevent an invasion? To avenge his father''s death, Mitt has joined a plot to assassinate the tyrannical Earl Hadd. But when everything goes wrong, he finds himself on a storm-tossed sea in a boat with his enemies.

"Earwig tiene diez anos, vive en el orfanato San Morwald y no quiere dejar de hacerlo. Para ahuyentar a posibles padres adoptivos, hace uso de sus poderes magicos. Sin embargo, un dia aparecen Bella Yaga y Mandragora, dos extranos y terrorificos personajes que consiguen adoptarla. Bella Yaga, que resulta ser una bruja poderosisima, convierte a Earwig en su ayudante. Gracias a su amigo Thomas, un viejo gato que habla, la nina se inicia en el arte de los conjuros, que utiliza para burlar los castigos de Bella Yaga. Asi, y no sin perturbar la tranquilidad del demoniaco habitante de la casa, Mandragora, Earwig consigue que la bruja se preste a ensenarle magia" --

Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, exploring the childhood of Chrestmanci – now a book with extra bits!

Heather finds the mound when she tries to escape the hordes of tourists who invade the stately home where she lives. ''Wild Robert, I wish you were really under there '' she cries. ''You could come out and deal with the tourists '' All of a sudden, there is a smell like earth and strange spices. A voice says, ''Did somebody call?'' Heather gets her wish, and nothing is ever the same again

Howl''s moving castle - Eldest of three sisters, in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared Wizard Howl. Castle in the air - Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and

The childhood of Chrestomanci. Everything in this book happens at least twenty-five years before the story told in Charmed Life...

A bewitching comic fantasy by a master of the supernatural Cat doesn''t mind living in the shadow of his sister, Gwendolen, the most promising young witch ever seen on Coven Street. But trouble starts brewing the moment the two orphans are summoned to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Frustrated that the witches of the castle refuse to acknowledge her talents, Gwendolen conjures up a scheme that could throw whole worlds out of whack.