Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, exploring the childhood of Chrestmanci - now a book with extra bits!
Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next 'Chrestomanci' is not part of Christopher's plans for the future: he'd much rather play cricket and wander around his secret dream worlds. But he soon finds that destiny is difficult to avoid, and that having more than the usual number of lives is pretty inconvenient - especially when you lose them as easily as he does!
Then an evil smuggler, known only as The Wraith, threatens the ways of the worlds and forces Christopher to take action…
| ISBN: | 9780007278206 |
| Publication date: | 3rd November 2008 |
| Author: | Diana Wynne Jones, Tim Stevens |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Children's Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 332 pages |
| Series: | Chrestomanci Series |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism / Magical fantasy Children’s / Teenage general interest: Witches, wizards and magicians Children’s / Teenage fiction: Epic fantasy / heroic fantasy Adventure Stories |