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The lives of Christopher Chant

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.

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  • "Infanzia di Chrestomanci"
  • "Lives of Christopher Chant"@it

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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."@en
  • "Christopher peut se tranporter en rêve dans des mondes parallèles. Le voilà prédestiné à succéder au Chrestomanci, le plus puissant magicien du pays chez qui il va désormais habiter."
  • "10 yrs+"
  • "Christopher Chant, in training to become the next head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives."@en
  • "Fantasy fiction. Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next 'Chrestomanci' is not part of Christopher's plans for the future: he'd much rather play cricket and wander around his secret dream worlds. But he soon finds that destiny is difficult to avoid, and that having more than the usual number of lives is pretty inconvenient - especially when you lose them as easily as he does! Then an evil smuggler, known only as The Wraith, threatens the ways of the worlds and forces Christopher to take action."
  • "Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives. At night Christopher can leave his body and travel from London to other worlds. Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults, 4th ed. After Christopher discovers that his dreams are so realistic that he can actually visit other worlds and bring things back from them, he must decide whether his beloved uncle's encouragement of these expeditions is altruistic or part of a frightening illegal scheme. Carnegie Medal Commended Book, 1988. This book is a prequel to Charmed Life (1978), The Magicians of Caprona (1980), and Witch Week (1982). Outstanding Quality. Library of Congress Summary. Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives."@en
  • "Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives. At night Christopher can leave his body and travel from London to other worlds. Fantasy Literature for Children and Young Adults, 4th ed. After Christopher discovers that his dreams are so realistic that he can actually visit other worlds and bring things back from them, he must decide whether his beloved uncle's encouragement of these expeditions is altruistic or part of a frightening illegal scheme. Carnegie Medal Commended Book, 1988. This book is a prequel to Charmed Life (1978), The Magicians of Caprona (1980), and Witch Week (1982). Outstanding Quality. Library of Congress Summary. Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives."
  • "Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives. At night Christopher can leave his body and travel from London to other worlds. After Christopher discovers that his dreams are so realistic that he can actually visit other worlds and bring things back from them, he must decide whether his beloved uncle's encouragement of these expeditions is altruistic or part of a frightening illegal scheme."@es
  • "Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next 'Chrestomanci' is not part of Christopher's plans for the future: he'd much rather play cricket and wander around his secret dream worlds. But he soon finds that destiny is difficult to avoid, and that having more than the usual number of lives is pretty inconvenient - especially when you lose them as easily as he does! Then an evil smuggler, known only as The Wraith, threatens the ways of the worlds and forces Christopher to take action."@en
  • "Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next 'Chrestomanci' is not part of Christopher's plans for the future: he'd much rather play cricket and wander around his secret dream worlds. But he soon finds that destiny is difficult to avoid, and that having more than the usual number of lives is pretty inconvenient - especially when you lose them as easily as he does! Then an evil smuggler, known only as The Wraith, threatens the ways of the worlds and forces Christopher to take action."
  • "Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives."@en
  • "Young Christopher Chant, in training to become the next Chrestomanci or head controller of magic in the world, becomes a key figure in a battle with renegade sorcerers because he has nine lives."
  • "Diana Wynne Jones first conjured up the dressing-gowned enchanter Chrestomanci in 1977. May 2000 heralds a major relaunch of her acclaimed backlist."@en
  • "Christopher's ambition is to be a professional cricketer, but his future is to become the next Chrestomanci, guardian of the magic forces in his world. Unhappy at having his life decided for him, he rebels."
  • "Copy 2."@en
  • "Christopher peut se transporter en rêve dans des mondes parallèles. Le voilà prédestiné à succéder au Chrestomanci, le plus puissant magicien du pays chez qui il va désormais habiter."

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  • "Young adult works"@en
  • "Young adult works"
  • "Juvenile works"@en
  • "Juvenile works"
  • "Juvenile works"@es
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fantasy fiction"@en
  • "Fantasy fiction"
  • "Fantasy fiction"@es
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Fantastic fiction"@en
  • "Young adult fiction"@en
  • "Young adult fiction"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Children's stories"@es

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  • "Chín mạng só̂ng của Christopher Chant"
  • "The lives of Christopher Chant"
  • "The lives of Christopher Chant"@en
  • "Las vidas de Christopher Chant : la infancia de Chrestomanci"@es
  • "The lives of Christopher Chant : the childhood of Chrestomanci"@en
  • "The lives of Christopher Chant : the childhood of Chrestomanci"
  • "Vite perdute di Christopher Chant : romanzo"@it
  • "The lives of Christopher Chant [read by Alan Cumming]"@en
  • "Le vite perdute di Christopher Chant : romanzo"
  • "The Lives of Christopher Chant"@en
  • "Le vite perdute di Christopher Chant. L'infanzia di Chrestomanci"
  • "The lives of Christopher Chant [sound recording]"@en
  • "Von Irgendwo nach Fastüberall"
  • "Teshʻa ha-neshamot shel Christopher Chant : yaldut shel Chrestomanci"
  • "Von irgendwo nach fastüberall"
  • "The Lives Of Christopher"
  • "Le vite perdute di Christopher Chant : l'infanzia di Chrestomanci"
  • "Le vite perdute di Christopher Chant : l'infanzia di Chrestomanci"@it
  • "Les neuf vies du magicien"

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