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Title: A Wizard Abroad: The Fourth Book in the Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane ISBN: 0152162380 Publisher: Magic Carpet Books Pub. Date: June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.42
Rating: 5
Summary: Opinion of an avid reader
Comment: I've read all of the Wizard series by Diane Duane, and this is definitely the best yet. According to Nita(Juanita)'s parents, she and and her wizardry partner, Kit (Christopher), have been spending way too much time together. Her parents just can't understand that there's NOTHING going on between them, just magic. Nonetheless, Juanita is packed up and sent to live with her aunt in Ireland for six weeks until school starts. Grudgingly, Nita settles in with her aunt, and even starts enjoying a little break from magic, but it's not too long until she realizes how much trouble Ireland is really in, and how one little shift of power in the wrong direction could destroy it. It's up to Nita, Kit, and a few new characters to gather the tools they need and re-enact an ancient battle, or accept their fates. The story is set with Duane's typical magic, melded together with Irish lore to make one of the most creative and thrilling fantasy books of today.
Rating: 4
Summary: A must-read for those already hooked on the "Wizard" series
Comment: I discovered Diane Duane's "Wizard" series a year ago and have just finished reading this fourth book in the series. I was very eager to find out the latest developments in the relationships among the three main characters-- Nita, Kit, and Nita's sister Dairine. As a Young Adult writer, Duane does an excellent job of realistically and sensitively portraying the emotional growth and development of these teens. They are very believable and likable people. However, as a story in itself, I feel that "A Wizard Abroad" lacks the depth and scope of the plots in the three earlier books. The fourth book makes too many references to events in the earlier books, and the battle with the Lone Power seems pallid and repetitive now. While the Celtic references are interesting, Duane doesn't really do much to further advance or explore her wizard ideology (which, as I am an adult reader, is one of the most fascinating aspects of the other books to me). I recommend this book only if you have read the other three books and really enjoyed them, as I did. You won't be able to stand not knowing what will happen next! And, from the ending of "A Wizard Abroad", it looks like there will be more to come!
Rating: 3
Summary: so-so
Comment: I was disappointed at this book, because the previous ones had been great. At first I thought that the plot could really turn into something big, but then it just fizzled out. The battles just didn't have the same impact as they did in the other books. In the other books, you really felt the importance of all of the battles, because you felt like the whole universe depended on the outcome of one battle. With this, it was sort of like, okay, so what that there's a battle. I finished the book, but mostlly because I felt that if I didn't read it, I would be majorly confused in the next books. It was sort of like she just stopped writing the book, and had someone else write it for her because she didn't want to write it. I would not recommend buying this book alone, because its biggest value is having information that you would need in the next books.
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Title: The Wizard's Dilemma: The Fifth Book in the Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane ISBN: 0152024603 Publisher: Magic Carpet Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: High Wizardry: The Third Book in the Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane ISBN: 0152162445 Publisher: Magic Carpet Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Deep Wizardry: The Second Book in the Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane ISBN: 0152162577 Publisher: Magic Carpet Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: A Wizard Alone: The Sixth Book in the Young Wizards Series by Diane Duane ISBN: 0152045627 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Diane Duane's Box of Wizardry by Diane Duane ISBN: 0152045821 Publisher: Magic Carpet Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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