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So You Want to Be a Wizard

Name: So You Want to Be a Wizard
Author: Diane Duane

by Diane Duane

1983•Fantasy•385 pages

Taste attributes: fantasyteenadventurefresh & originalwholesomeimaginarylinearemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthcoming of agerescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and stirring: a good-natured fantasy novel. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Open Library rating

4.3 / 5

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About This Book

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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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyTeenAdventureEmpowerment/personal growthComing of ageRescue/escape/jeopardy

Subjects

Juvenile fictionFantasyBooks and readingBulliesBullyingWizardsFantasy fiction

Details

Author: Diane Duane
Published: 1983
Pages: 385
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Source: Open Library

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