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The Lives of Christopher Chant by Diana Wynne Jones
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The author's pleasure in this book is almost tangible. Her idiosyncratic hero gets a back story that is of the same flavour as the books about the adult Chrestomanci. There is nothing complex here but the book is not mere fluff. ( )
  TheoClarke | Nov 1, 2009 |
Christopher has the ability to travel to other worlds. His uncle exploits this talent, until Christopher realises his skill as an enchanter.
Although the story was rather predictable, it was still an absorbing read. I liked the Goddess best. -Vicki ( )
  Dipintoreading | Jan 13, 2009 |
Fantastic worlds, unnatural love for cricket and magicians.

Christopher has no idea what normal is as he gets bumped from weird life to weird life and then he gets adopted/recruited by Chrestomanci.
  Black_samvara | Dec 28, 2008 |
Christopher has always visited other worlds he calls Anywheres after going to bed. When his uncle suggests trying to meet someone there and helping in some experiments, Christopher is excited and willing to do what he can. In the meantime, his father suspects Christopher has nine lives and should be put in the care of Chrestomanci, which is not something Christopher wants.

I could work out what was really going on long before Christopher could and got a little impatient with him being quite dense and self-centred - but overall, I found the book quite enjoyable. ( )
  mari_reads | Apr 28, 2008 |
This is a prequel to Charmed Life and is very similar. I rented this book several times from our local library, then one day saw it on their 'Books for Sale' trolley. So I just had to buy it! A bargain at 50p. ( )
  mandahill | Feb 15, 2008 |
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It was years before Christopher told anyone about his dreams. This was because he mostly lived in the nurseries at the top of the big London house, and the nursery maids who looked after him changed every few months.
He thought everyone had the same type of dreams he had, too. He did not think they were worth mentioning. The dreams always began the same way. Christopher got out of bed and walked around the corner of the night nursery wall-the part with the fireplace, which jutted out-onto a rocky path high on the side of a valley.
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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.

The Lives of Christopher Chant is the adventure-filled story of the boyhood of Chretomanci, the famous magician who also appears in Charmed Life, Witch Week, and The Magicians of Caprona.

"A Born storyteller weaves her own brand of magic." --The Horn Book (starred review)

"A cracking good story." ALA Booklist

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