false 47581 15 Cart and Cwidder is the first in the best-selling Dalemark Quartet of books and tells the story of Moril and his brother and sister who are travelling musicians journeying through Dalemark, until one day they pick up a mysterious passenger. Somehow Moril's family and the stranger are becoming bound together in terror, flight, and music. * Diana Wynne Jones is recognized as being one of the most outstanding writers of fantasy in recent times. * The Dalemark Quartet books are for good readers who have enjoyed the Christopher Chant books by the same author. The books contain the same ability to immerse the reader with real child characters having magical adventures in an imaginary world. * This genre of fantasy writing is currently very popular due to the success of the recent 'Lord of the Rings' film. * Diana Wynne Jones has won the Guardian Award for fiction and has written over twenty novels in less than twenty years. 1121913 1975 Cart and Cwidder (Dalemark Quartet, #1) total:498|5:116|4:173|3:165|2:37|1:7| 498 1848 650 36 4 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 22:41:06 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 22:52:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 08:57:28 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 06:38:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Oct 11 18:28:45 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 18:29:56 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 08:48:44 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 08:55:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 11 13:57:05 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 14:00:01 -0700 2009 Howl's Moving Castle and Castle in the Sky. I have yet to read either of those, however, just this one. It was cute. Not extremely moving, but a fun coming of age tale with bits of magic thrown in. Perhap...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jan 21 12:27:36 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 12:27:36 -0800 2009 Cart and Cwidder is an extremely short book, but its pages are crammed with a delicious beginning to a well-crafted quartet with hidden...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 07 15:39:56 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 06:29:47 -0700 2008
One of the few DWJ books to feature parents, but worry not, they are swiftly pushed out of the main action.

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Recommended to me by my genetics prof (who saw me finishing a Harry Potter book one day on campus). The Dalemark Quartet is more advanced reading than the Harry Potter books, but the same type of fanstasy and contains a long and...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 12 20:58:02 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 20:59:59 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Sun Jan 18 18:27:38 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:29:14 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 11:29:21 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 11:30:00 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 19:41:47 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 19:43:11 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 04 11:06:07 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 11:06:07 -0800 2009 2 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jun 27 11:56:12 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 02 07:17:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1990 Fri May 01 07:30:54 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 08:12:06 -0700 2009