The Wizard in the Woods

Wizard #1

by Jean Ure, David Anstey (Illustrator)

Ben-Mussy, a second-class junior wizard, bungles a spell during his Junior Wizard exams and ends up in Penny Woods where he meets Joel and Gemma and their adventures begin.

176 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Prolific English children and young adult author.

Had her first book published while still in high school, then studied theater at Webber-Douglas in London. Her most well-known work is the Point Crime novel Dance with Death. Others include Plague 99, After the Plague (previously "Come Lucky April"), Big Tom, Family Fan Club and Shrinking Violet, as well as the fantasy The Wizard In the Woods.

Today, Ure is very popular with British female teenage readers with novels such as Shrinking Violet, Family Fan Club and Passion Flower.

Ure has also translated Danish writer Sven Hassel's WWII novels to English.

Reviews

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this one, silly as it was

[wulfe · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a childhood favorite of mine. Whenever we went on trips, I would always listen to this on tape. I have probably heard it read to me five to ten times :)