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High Wizardry (digest): The Third Book in the Young Wizards Series (original 1990; edition 2003)

by Diane Duane

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When her younger sister uses the family computer with its special wizard software to travel to worlds light years away, Nita uses her wizardry to try to find her.
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Title:High Wizardry (digest): The Third Book in the Young Wizards Series
Authors:Diane Duane
Info:Magic Carpet Books (2003), Paperback, 368 pages
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High Wizardry by Diane Duane (1990)

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Fantasy
  BooksInMirror | Feb 19, 2024 |
This is one of favorite books in this series. I love getting to see more of Dairine, I love the humor and excitement in the story, and I love the computer turtles! The books description of the Crossings is also one of my favorites. ( )
  mutantpudding | Dec 26, 2021 |
Nita is just starting to become comfortable with her wizardly abilities. She and her best friend Kit work carefully around their community, getting the feel for being wizards.

But Nita's canny little sister Dairine can't leave the idea of wizardry alone. Now that she knows her sister's secret, Dairine wants the power herself. Smart, abrasive, tough, and with big dreams of adventure, Dairine sneaks into Nita's room one night and reads the Oath. The next day, via the women's restroom at the space museum...she finds herself on Mars.

Whisked away on an Ordeal that is possibly even more dangerous and pivotal than Nita and Kit's, Dairine will set in motion an intergalatic race between the forces of darkness and the wizards of Earth hot on her tail; namely Nita, Kit, and a mouthy macaw named Peach.

With only an unusually sentient computer manual and her own brains and bravery to aid her, this is where Dairine steps up to take her rightful place as a wonderful, naive, brilliant character in this amazing series. ( )
  booksong | Mar 18, 2020 |
I might have liked this one the best so far. Definitely the most science-fiction seeming of the series (which is definitely, solidly, in the YA fantasy category), in this book Nita and Kit have to chase after Nita’s younger sister through the galaxy and into another one. ( )
  livingtech | Mar 18, 2020 |
It could be better, it could be worse

I didn't like the first book much, the second was way better and now this was bad again. Would that be a patron? ( )
  EdwinKort | Oct 18, 2019 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Diane Duaneprimary authorall editionscalculated
Bowers, DavidCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Feberwee, EricaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
McPheeters, NealCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Moore, ChristinaNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nielsen, CliffCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Peters, LisaCover designersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Rowe, DavidCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Stahl, TrinaDesignersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Swearingen,GregCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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I'd like to get away from Earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate willfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return. Earth's the right place for love:
I don't know where it's likely to go better.
(Robert Frost, "Birches")
Where, except in the present, can the Eternal be met?
--C.S. Lewis, "Historicism"
Those who refuse to serve the Powers,
become the tools of the Powers.
Those who agree to serve the Powers,
Themselves become the Powers.

Beware the Choice! Beware refusing it!
--Book of Night with Moon
Tetrastych XIV: "Fire Over Heaven"
Dedication
For my dear master, from someone nearly as surprised
Once again,

for C. S. Lewis:

after thirty years,

still just as surprised by the joy

as he was
First words
"Hey, there’s somebody in the driveway!"
“Hey, there’s somebody in the driveway! It’s UPS! Mom! Mom, the computer’s here!”
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High Wizardry: New Millenium Edition is a revised version, updating the timeline to use modern tech.
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