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Book Review By MaryB
Deep Wizardry - Young Wizards 2 by Diane Duane

Nita and Kit, two teenage wizards are on vacation when they are asked for help from the whales and dolphins to bind evil. Nita unknowingly promises to be the sacrifice, and struggles with the decision to go through with her promise.


Plot & Themes
Tone of book - very upbeat -
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Magical Beings/Mental/Magical/Powers Yes
magical powers:
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - coping with mental/magical powers - change of heart
Kind of series -
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - a teen
If magical mental powers: - can talk to animals - can cast many different spells - healing

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - long-lived adults
Profession/status:
Has magical powers? Yes
Eccentric: Yes
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
Terrain
Earth setting: - 20th century -
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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