false 116563 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg 116563 16 3464 book 1983 So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, Book 1) total:2019|5:661|4:670|3:478|2:156|1:54| 2019 7785 2647 211 11761 3.88 11157 633 13091921 647539 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.85 1726 1983 5 2 false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Jan 21 15:43:46 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 11:33:08 -0800 2008 more...]]> 608560 47436 176519 0152049401 9780152049409 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172442808m/176519.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172442808s/176519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176519.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 111 I don't believe this, Nina thought. She shut the book and stood there holding it in her hand, confused, amazed, suspicious--and delighted. If it was a joke, it was a great one. If it wasn't . . . ?
]]> 1983 4 2 false Fri Apr 06 14:41:42 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:38:37 -0800 2009 I usually start the campaign with a few questions to get them interested.
"What if kid wizards couldn't tell their families about their powers?"
...more...]]> 3201779 175268 176519 0152049401 9780152049409 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172442808m/176519.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172442808s/176519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176519.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 I don't believe this, Nina thought. She shut the book and stood there holding it in her hand, confused, amazed, suspicious--and delighted. If it was a joke, it was a great one. If it wasn't . . . ?
]]> 1983 1 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 18 00:28:17 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:59:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 25344219 1091011 1062960 0152012397 9780152012397 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180663898m/1062960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180663898s/1062960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1062960.Young_Wizards_Book_1_So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 4.00 63 School Library Journal wrote, "well-structured and believable... this fantasy should have wide appeal." Horn Book wrote, "a splendid, unusual fantasy... an outstanding, original work."]]> 1983 2 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 24 14:56:06 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 00:07:34 -0700 2008 It wasn't great. I will say that right from the start. There were things about it I liked, ...more...]]> 4559600 280055 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Aug 14 18:16:01 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 14 19:05:28 -0700 2007 I really fell in love with Duane's world. It seems almost realistic, as if people actually live in an underground world of wizardry. Her adolescent characters most definitely refleft how we all feel a...more...]]> 70019047 1728855 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 3 0 false Fri Sep 04 04:42:24 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 05:04:50 -0700 2009 by Diane Duane
In a school library Nita checked out a book titled So You Want to be a Wizard. On her way home a bunch of bullies beat her up and took her space pen given by her uncle. The next day Nita found herself on the wizard's list. As Nita want to cast a s...more...]]> 57509914 1196481 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 3 0 false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 11:25:17 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 11:34:29 -0700 2009
But once the plot really gets going, I started to get increasingly frustrated. The main character is a t...more...]]> 78536535 2923960 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 2 1 false Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 09:42:09 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 21:11:13 -0800 2009 1
I'm reading it again because it was in my house and I needed something to read, and the dialogue feels forced and VERY dated. It's almost a condescending mock...more...]]> 62300618 90661 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 2 1 false Sun Jul 05 23:27:54 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 07 10:26:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 61249192 2463296 176519 0152049401 9780152049409 17 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172442808m/176519.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172442808s/176519.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/176519.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 I don't believe this, Nina thought. She shut the book and stood there holding it in her hand, confused, amazed, suspicious--and delighted. If it was a joke, it was a great one. If it wasn't . . . ?
]]> 1983 4 0 false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 19:41:47 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 20:17:53 -0700 2009 1
Okay, long story short, because I don't want to remember all that I put down:

First, I liked the old-fashioned-ness of the prose. I don't mean Ray Bradbury old fashioned, but the text is more dense than more modern kids...more...]]> 51147609 1849033 1062960 0152012397 9780152012397 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180663898m/1062960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180663898s/1062960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1062960.Young_Wizards_Book_1_So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 School Library Journal wrote, "well-structured and believable... this fantasy should have wide appeal." Horn Book wrote, "a splendid, unusual fantasy... an outstanding, original work."]]> 1983 4 0 false Sat Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 01 09:51:04 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 14:58:43 -0700 2009
I rece...more...]]> 61321032 1350905 1062960 0152012397 9780152012397 10 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180663898m/1062960.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180663898s/1062960.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1062960.Young_Wizards_Book_1_So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 School Library Journal wrote, "well-structured and believable... this fantasy should have wide appeal." Horn Book wrote, "a splendid, unusual fantasy... an outstanding, original work."]]> 1983 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994 Sat Jun 27 15:46:46 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 15:46:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 80503986 3028290 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 5 0 false Tue Mar 17 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Wed Dec 09 22:35:20 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 09 22:41:55 -0800 2009
Think of this as an early pre-cursor to Harry Potter, but with a slightly (only slightly) more gritty feel to...more...]]> 34037311 43158 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 4 1 false Sat Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 09:55:47 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 09:59:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 16346915 942036 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 4 1 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Feb 25 15:28:38 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 15:33:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 55411344 2299764 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 5 0 false Fri May 08 15:25:09 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 17:22:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 53824938 39688 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 3 0 false Fri Apr 24 09:16:45 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 10:28:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 55930261 1713151 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 5 0 false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 09:20:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 02:13:30 -0700 2009 by Diane Duane
336 pgs.
Harcourt Children's Books
isbn:9780152047382

This story is about a smart and bullied girl and a teased and smart boy,both of them get in to trouble. And one day different for each of them,they f...more...]]> 36721100 1451591 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 5 1 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sat Nov 01 20:10:27 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 20:12:11 -0700 2008 6 24119287 1216424 116563 0152047387 9780152047382 165 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128m/116563.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1215390128s/116563.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/116563.So_You_Want_to_Be_a_Wizard 3.86 2019 1983 5 1 false Mon Jun 09 21:05:47 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 21:07:00 -0700 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=116563