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Nita Callahan never believed in magic, until she stumbles onto a wizard's manual in the library and learns how to access her personal wizardry. As she experiments with magic, she meets Kit, another new wizard. When Nita and Kit discover they must undergo an initiation called the Ordeal to become true wizards, they decide to team up. Their ordeal takes them to an alternate version of New York full of subway dragons and vicious living cars. To succeed, the two must retrieve a powerful book from the Lone Power, the embodiment of all death in the universe. But the ordeals are dangerous, and before the night is over, both wizards experience more than their share of personal suffering.
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The review of this Book prepared by Michael Jung




This is the first of Diane Duane's Wizard books. Nita, a thirteen-year-old girl, is hiding in the library from a bunch of bullies when she finds a book called So You Want To Be a Wizard. She's not entirely sure it's a joke, so she starts to read it and begins her path to becoming a wizard. She meets Kit, another wizard-in-training, and the two of them perform a spell that was just supposed to find Nita's favorite pen and give Kit enough power to avoid getting beat up. The spell doesn't have quite the result that the two hoped it would have, and suddenly they find themselves on a journey. They both learn what their strengths are, which puts them on the road to becoming the more accomplished wizards that they are later in the series.
The review of this Book prepared by Melissa Cookson




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.
The review of this Book prepared by Rad




Nita finds a book in the library called So You Want to be a Wizard. She takes the Wizards Oath. She and her partner in wizardry are yanked into their Ordeal, for them a quest to restore The Book of Night With Moon, the sun, and the universe.
The review of this Book prepared by Susanna




When running away from a bully, Nita finds a book callled So You Want to be a Wizard and reads the oath to become a wizard. She meets Kit, another wizard, and the two are plunged into an adventure to save New York City in another dimention, and ultimately, the world.
The review of this Book prepared by Mindy



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Plot & Themes

Composition of Book Descript. of chases or violence 18%planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives 34%Feelings, relationships, character bio/development 30%Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places 18% 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?    -   Kid's book (ages 7-14)    -   Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character

Identity:    -   Female Profession/status:    -   student    -   mage/magician Age:    -   a teen If magical mental powers:    -   teleportation    -   can cast many different spells

Setting

Terrain    -   Domed/Underground City Earth setting:    -   20th century    -   current (early 21st century) A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body:    -   unfriendly aliens    -   empty, or nearly empty world    -   very controlled society Takes place on Earth?    -   Yes Planet outside solar system?    -   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    -   significantly more descript than dialog

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