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So You Want to be a Wizard - Young Wizards 1 by Diane Duane

Nita Calahan is a bookworm who gets picked on by a bully from school, until she finds a special book and becomes a Wizard. At first, she is only concerned with how to get back at the bully, but then she finds out that there is more to being a Wizard than revenge. She teams up with another Wizard, Kit, and together they fight to stop entropy.


Plot & Themes
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Coming of age Yes
Youngster becomes - a powerful magician
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20 %
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30 %
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20 %

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen

Main Adversary
Identity: - magical being
Age: - long-lived adults
Has magical powers? Yes
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters

Setting
Terrain
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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