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  <title><![CDATA[The Lives of Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci, #2)]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0688163653]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780688163655]]></isbn13>
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  <default_description>His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the formless Place Between and visits marvelous lands he calls the Almost Anywheres. Then Christopher discovers that he can bring real, solid things back from his dreams. Others begin to recognize the extent of his powers, and they issue an order that turns Christopher's life upside down: Go to Chrestomanci Castle to train to be the controller of all the world's magic.&lt;P&gt;&lt;I&gt;The Lives of Christopher Chant &lt;/I&gt;is the adventure-filled story of the boyhood of Chretomanci, the famous magician who also appears in &lt;I&gt;Charmed Life, Witch Week, &lt;/I&gt;and &lt;I&gt;The Magicians of Caprona.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;P&gt;&quot;A Born storyteller weaves her own brand of magic.&quot; The Horn Book (starred review)&lt;P&gt;&quot;A cracking good story.&quot; ALA Booklist &lt;/P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1988</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Lives of Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci, #2)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Diana Wynne Jones]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you liked Harry Potter, don't read this book. If you think Harry Potter is derivative puerile nonsense entirely bereft of wit, charm, or originality then I salute you. You should enjoy this delightful children's fantasy.]]></body>
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    <review id="66508562">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book has a similar plot to the first one in the series, Charmed Life, in that it follows the soon-to-be Chrestomanci's struggles to adjusting to life as a nine lifed enchanter in Chrestomanci Castle - except this time it's Christopher Chant instead of Cat/Eric Chant. <br/><br/>It's also simil...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66508562">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 23 10:27:30 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ini seri tWoC kedua yang saya baca setelah Charmed Live, dan ternyata ini adalah prequel-nya. Dalam buku ini yang menjadi tokoh utamanya adalah Christopher Chant, sang Chrestomanci di Charm Live, saat masih anak-anak. Bagaimana kehidupan orang tua Christopher, bagaimana ia menyadari kemampuan sihir ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53345282">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52749463">
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    <name><![CDATA[仔, 没有 你, 我是谁?]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 20 01:57:07 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[ini bukan sambungan dari buku 1, tokoh utamanya beda lagi..<br/>Di buku ini kisah hidupnya Chrestomanci yang di buku 1, waktu masih anak-anak.. namanya Christopher Chant<br/>Seperti anak2 keluarga kaya [ibunya yang kaya:], Chris ini jarang2 ketemu ortunya, diasuh sama Nanny, trus dipanggilin guru ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52749463">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="38733747">
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  <date_added>Wed Nov 26 20:25:12 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 26 20:35:21 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count>So, so many.</read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This ties with Witch Week as my favorite Chrestomanci book. It is also one of Diana Wynne Jones' most completely solid books: it satisfies on every level, whether you want a fun enjoyable read, an intriguing fantasy, a wonderfully created world, really fun characters, a book you can think about and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/38733747">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58382998">
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Buku ke 2 ini, bercerita tentang kehidupan Christpoher Chant sebelum menjadi Chrestomanci. 25 tahun sebelum Charmed Life.<br/><br/>--------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/>Setelah membaca buku ke 2 dari Seri The Worlds of Chrestomanci, gw bisa ambil kesimpula...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58382998">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52470478">
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  <read_at>Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Young Christopher Chant has very unusual dreams: he gets out of bed, walks to the corner of the nursery and enters a lush, green valley that can lead him to any one of the hundreds of worlds that comprise what he calls the &quot;Almost Anywheres.&quot; Christopher doesn't tell anyone about his dream...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52470478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="3664168">
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 27 13:00:06 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 27 13:00:06 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my all-time favorite fantasy books, The Lives of Christopher Chant follows a British boy who can travel to other worlds in his dreams and learns that he has multiple lives. Alternately haunting and hilarious. Diana Wynne Jones is not as clever at endings as J.K. Rowling, but is perhaps superi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3664168">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this series as a 5th grader. In fact, my copy got confiscated by the terrifying 4'9&quot; Mrs. Wasserman because I was reading it under the desk and trying to look innocent. <br/><br/>I was delighted to reread this and realize that these books really ARE captivating, and maybe I did have so...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76889091">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54549160">
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    <body><![CDATA[<br/>DWJ is on my top-ten list of all time favorite authors. Seriously. She is a genius with characterization, writes not only great women but particularly endearing male characters, and her imagination is endless. Chrestomanci I and II are my two favorite of her books, but I love them all. My only...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54549160">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[	His father and uncles are enchanters, his mother a powerful sorceress, yet nothing seems magical about Christopher Chant except his dreams. Night after night, he climbs through the “Place Between” and visits marvelous lands he calls the Almost Anywheres. Christopher soon discovers that he can b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59167795">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="39064613">
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    <body><![CDATA[I've discovered that I have a hard time being objective about books. Some that I loved when I was young I still love, even if I know I wouldn't necessarily love them now if I were reading them for the first time. I give low marks to books that are good if they just aren't as good as someone else sai...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39064613">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably one of my favourites from the series, because it is just so compelling and imaginative. Well, of course, they all are quite fantastic and totally out of this world, but I liked seeing young Christopher. Plus, I totally have this thing for the name Christopher.<br/><br/>I think I tried sha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32017872">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32537881">
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    <body><![CDATA[     The best of my childhood comfort reads.  I've it so often  I've worn out a copy and have a spare replacement.  It takes a takes a common enough fantasy/sci-fi concept: parallel worlds and make it acessible to kids.  A great intro into the genre, I must have read it at just the right age where I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32537881">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="74931237">
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    <body><![CDATA[This one is great! I chuckled my way through most of it and loved Christopher's adventures. I may now even read Charmed Life again, to get the joy of recognition.<br/>It's wonderfully witty, she has not spared adults, nor Christopher himself: He's not a noble-hearted child struggling valiantly thro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74931237">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_updated>Thu Dec 04 18:25:42 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love love love this book!  I think I read it first when I was seven or eight, I rediscovered it in the library at BYU and read it all through class while my students were doing a library tour or something like that. And then I went right home and bought it on Amazon. Really, it's delightfully char...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39331955">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Diana Wynne Jones is just so absolutely brilliant.  My god, the woman has talent.  She writes from the perspective of a child with such insight and cleverness, but the actions and choices of adult characters are portrayed with equal sensitivity and deftness. <br/><br/>I don't know why it took me s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75889595">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of D. Jones' best - so exciting and evocative.  I can and always have been able to imagine Christopher's way of getting from world to world.  It's a great growing novel, too, seeing Christopher change and start to become aware of others.  I love young Christopher and would love more of him and M...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37156151">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[<s>Am reading this edition too.<br/><br/>The cover still sucks it stings.</s><br/><br/>OK, I've finished reading it now.  Now if you see, I gave it 4/5 while I gave only 3/5 for the original edition.  It's only a matter of enjoyment.  I forgot why but I couldn't really enjoy the English edition at the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57209400">more...</a>]]></body>
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