false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166572820m/13759.jpg 13759 15 Devotees of <I>The Chrestomanci Quartet</I> and <I>Mixed Magics</I> will pounce on this sixth title in the series by Diana Wynne Jones, whose reputation as a fantasy writer is also enhanced by <I>Archer's Goon</I> and <I>Howl's Moving Castle</I> (soon to be an animated film). In this Chrestomanci tale, the nine-lived enchanter Christopher, who fans will remember from other books, appears as a dapper and self-possessed 15-year-old, and the narrator is young Conrad Tesdinic, who at the age of twelve has just finished school in the mountain village of Stallchester in the English Alps. He yearns to go on to Stall High, but his tight-fisted Uncle Alfred has other plans. With the help of magical spells and a story of bad karma, he intimidates Conrad into going off to serve on the staff at Stallery Mansion, burdened with a secret about an unknown person he must kill. Conrad makes the best of his new life, especially after he meets his elegant new roommate Christopher, who is, he explains, the heir in a different time level to the job of Chrestomanci, an enchanter appointed by the government to control the use of magic. Conrad joins him in his desperate search for his friend Millie, who has vanished from a parallel time track. Amusing scenes of life below stairs in the highly stratified servants' quarters alternate with the boys' strange adventures as they seek through other realities within the castle on their day off, glimpsing Millie but never able to reach her. With Wynne Jones' characteristic skill at plotting, the finale is a whirlwind of revealed alter-identities and just desserts for villains, ending with as many satisfying romantic pairings as a Shakespeare comedy. (Ages 10-13) <I>--Patty Campbell</I> 1004371 2005 Conrad's Fate (Chrestomanci, #5) total:928|5:245|4:416|3:230|2:34|1:3| 928 3650 1223 73 3 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 02:55:22 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 01:55:06 -0700 2009 Uncle Alfred bilang Conrad itu punya bad karma, jadi dy harus beresin urusan itu biar hidupnya bisa tenang, ga sial mulu.
Urusan yang belum selesai dari "past life"nya Conrad ada di castle Stallery, jadi ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 01:33:26 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 18 16:22:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 23:42:17 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 20:32:08 -0700 2009 Conrad's Fate (Chrestomanci, #5) totally redeemed the series for me :) Admittedly it took me AGES to read this because I've been busy, but I really did enjoy reading it when I was able to pick it up.

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It is interesting, though, to see Christopher when he's young again. He's still as arrogant as before, though!]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jul 23 10:05:38 -0700 2008 Tue Feb 10 17:40:23 -0800 2009
Co...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 09:59:53 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 10:11:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 24 14:09:49 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 14:15:13 -0700 2009 I stumbled into this series when I was drawn to this book at the library. I enjoyed it quite a bit - classic YA fantasy. Seeing that the Chrestomanci books were published out of order, I felt ok starting here. I liked it well enough to search out the other books in the serie...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:02:58 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 11:07:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 16:05:44 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 16:08:09 -0700 2009
This book had the most of his awesomeness, so that's why I liked it so much. Charmed Life was good, but didn't have as much of him and Cat was sort of a wimp at times. And of course, The Tales of Christopher Chant had him as a kid, so he ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 12:58:44 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:17:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 20:40:06 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 12 20:44:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Nov 03 05:07:30 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 03 05:09:27 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 10:37:29 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 06:32:27 -0700 2009
(9/5/09) This is definitely one of her best books. It does require having read earlier books, to make sense of Chrestomanci's appearance, but otherwise is clearly described and well-timed. (In other words, I love this book like whoa.)]]> 0 0 false false Fri Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 09 18:48:02 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 18:49:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 16:36:50 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 16:46:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 02 18:52:24 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 19:25:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 08:13:05 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 06:48:23 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 31 15:57:58 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 13 19:34:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 06 05:46:03 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 05:49:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 31 19:17:45 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 19:18:16 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=13759