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Summary: the book speakes for itself!!!!
Review: Nita Callahan and Kit Rodriguez were once two ordinary kids, until they found the book So You Want To Be A Wizard. They took the wizard's oath and now they have magical powers. The oath says that they can only use their powers to fight death, which the Lone Power created. The Lone Power, also known as the Star Snuffer, is evil and wants death inflicted everywhere. To become a full wizard, these two amateur wizards must first prove themselves. With a little help from a white hole, which is the opposite of a black hole, named Fred they must go into an evil world, where taxis act like a pack of wolves and the helicopters are protective mothers, to save the whole of outer space from the Lone Power. Can they or will they die trying?
I think that So You Want To Be A Wizard by Diane Duane is one of the best books I've ever read. Duane is an incredible author who keeps the readers on their toes. This is a good book for anyone who likes magic. However, readers might not like it if they only like Harry Potter-type magic, because the wizards in this book don't need wands or a school for wizardry. All they do is look up the spell in their never-ending spell book. Duane's wizardry is unlike any other type that I've read. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes both suspense and fantasy.
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Summary: SO YOU WANT TO BE A WIZARD
Review: NITA IS A REGULAR UNPOPULAR GIRL THAT IS ALWAYS BEAT UP, BUT WHEN SHE IS HIDING IN THE LIBRARY SOMETHING CATCHES HER HAND. IT WAS A BOOK CALLED "SO YOU WANT TO BE A WIZARD". SHE CHECKS OUT THE BOOK AND BRING'S HOME TO TAKE THE OATH. AFTER TAKING THE OATH SHE MEETS A NEW KID NAME KIT AND THEY BOTH TEAM UP TO HELP OTHER WIZARDS (WITCH SOME WILL NOT BE MET) TO FIGHT OFF "THE WITH NO NAME".
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Summary: So You Want to be a Wizard
Review: This book is an interesting story about a girl (who won't be named, because you have to read the book to find it out) who loves reading books, but is always being picked on by bullies. Well, one day she is hiding from some of her bullies in the children's section of the library when her finger snags on the binding of a "So you want to be a..." type of book. It turns out the book is called "So You Want to be a Wizard", and it was with this very book that leads her into the first big adventure of her life.
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Summary: Words fail me........
Review: THIS BOOK IS ABSOLOUTLY, TOTALLY, COMPLETELY WONDERFUL!!!!! IT IS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS I HAVE READ!!!! WORDS TRULY FAIL ME TO DESCRIBE HOW EXCELLENT IT IS!! IT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT MATCH FOR HARRY POTTER!!!! YOU HAVE HAVE HAVE TO BUY IT!!:PUT DOWN THE HOBBIT AND PICK UP THE YOUNG WIZARD SERIES!!!I KNOW YOU'LL FEEL JUST LIKE ME AFTER YOU'VE READ THEM!! I HOPE THIS HELPED A LOT!!!!!
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Summary: An Awesome Fantasy
Review: This was a totally cool book. It was filled with action, and the characters are realistic. I first read it about a yearago. Now, my eight year old brother enjoys it just as much as I did. Diane Duane is definitely one of my favorite authors.
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Summary: Just as good as Harry
Review: So you Want to be a Wizard is about a 13 year old girl named Nida and a 12 year old boy named Christapher (A.K.A Kit, who are learning how to be wizards. This book is just as good as the Harry Potter books
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Summary: Accepting Wizardry
Review: Diane Duane wrote the 370 pages of So You Want to Be a Wizard, for anyone who is or ever was a little bit different. Nita is a bright, curious girl whose choices are delightful to follow. Could you believe in a world where trees have feelings and time stands still so you can get something done? Duane even makes walking on air seem believable. Through doing something new and extraordinary, Nita finds her best friend.As Nita finishes running away from her rivals, she runs her hand along the library bookshelf and finds her own So You Want to Be a Wizard. The book that will change her life seems to know a little too much about her. Duanbe uses foreshadowing well here because it is almost as if wizardry is he calling. Everyone has felt called to do something like Nita, only not as unbelievable. "She opened the book at random And on the page to which she opened, there was the Oath." Everyone has difficult decisions on what they are going to commit to and sign up for. Nita makes an important decision to take the Oath, only she doesn't realize how important giving her word will become. Taking an Oath or making a promise is giving your word and how you follow through determines how much your word is worth. Duane seems to be teaching this hidden theme throughout the story. While trying to solve her problems she meets Kit with problems of his own. Duane does a good job of enforcing themes throughout the story. Just like in real life, the two new friends help each other. They begin a process and fight that everyone faces; fighting evil with good. The quest becomes not only dangerous but a worth-while thrill. Battling angry helicopters and running from taxis becomes not so had to believe as Duane describes characteristics. Looking to their elders for advice, Nita and Kit grow and learn while the reader looks on in admiration. Cars being evil, spells solving problems, and magic portholes were nothing but figures of speech before this. Duane makes it believable and has it all figured out with every angle covered, any "but what if," is answered. As the stories plot thickend and the climax arises, anticipation of what is to become of the new wizard keeps the book open and the pages turning. Overall, talking to a car with its own mind and magic wands are known fragments of the imagination that come to life in the book. Friendship, role models, dangers, and battles are seen in everyday life. Duane takes everyday values and shows them through the concept of wizardry. Therefore, the book is not only useful but engaging as well. This book will leave everyone as Nita felt, "She shut the book and stood there holding it in her hand, confused, amazed, suspicious--and delighted."
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Summary: The Best
Review: So You Want To Be A Wizard is the first book I have read out of your collection. I really liked this book because the events in the story are very interesting. The charaters in this book like Nita, Fred, and Kit, really fit the book and makes it easy to understand. Some of my friendsread this book,too. They said it wass very well written and it keep's you wanting to read more.
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Summary: So You Wanna Be a Wizard?Oh,Yeah!
Review: This is a wonderful book!I have read many fantasy books but none like this one.It combines our world and the fantasy world together.The scientific explanations and wonders in the magic,and that words form all,is very interesting.Is not very long,yet not very short,so everybody can enjoy it!The wonders of the spells and the Speech is wondrous,and grasping.Different universes and animals,with a twist,appear in the book.I never thought that a writer could just make up a whole world and put every little detail into a scientific explanation,and it is very enjoyable.If you're wondering how a new world is made,where cars and helicopters attack each other,then look no further.The 2 main characters,Kit and Nita,were sent into the Starsnuffer's world,where cars roam the streets looking for prey,and fire hydrants are alive!Kit and Nita must escape and find the book of Night and Moon.This book is one of the best books I've ever read,if I had 10 hands,I would give all 10 thumbs up!
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Summary: This book is terrific!
Review: I've read a lot of fantasy, and this is one of the best. If it were another author, the Young Wizards series wouldn't be believable, but the way Diane Duane writes it, these books are awesome! If you've read Harry Potter, Brian Jacques, Philip Pullman, Susan Cooper, C.S. Lewis, etc., and you're looking for something to read, GET THESE BOOKS!!!! You won't be sorry!
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