The Horn Book Magazine, May 1st, 2003
468 pp. Greenwillow 4/03 ISBN 0-06-052318-2 16.99 g Library edition ISBN 0-06-052319-0 17.89 (Middle School, High School)
Longtime children's fantasy writer Diana Wynne Jones writes on an epic scale in this richly complicated tale of worlds where magic is "wide, various and big"--but where its users can become corrupt. The story is narrated in alternating chapters by Roddy (a girl) and Nick. When Roddy and her friend Grundo discover that the Merlin (who is in charge of magic) has been murdered, they are unable to convince anyone else of the murder conspiracy. Roddy summons an unknown helper...
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