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“Magical, trusting, and hilarious.”
Reading age
8-12
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date
September 4, 2018
My brief summary of the book
Xar and Wish must work together to defeat a dangerous creature! Xar, the son of the wizard king, cannot practice magic! He intends to hunt a witch to get its blood so he can get magic. The only problem is that no one has ever seen a witch for hundreds of years. He makes a net to catch a witch, but instead, he traps a girl named Wish, the daughter of the warrior queen, the wizard’s enemy. He stole a forbidden magic item from Wish that kills witches and takes the blood. He must fix his mistake. Will he set it before it’s too late?
My thoughts
A captivating read filled with hilarious humor. This unique and exciting book would blow your mind with this magical, adventurous story. On the other hand, I was not a big fan of the illustrations.
My rating
About the author
Cressida Cowell is the author and the illustrator of the bestselling How to Train Your Dragon book series.
The first book in Cressida’s new series, The Wizards of Once (also signed by DreamWorks), is a number one bestseller.
She grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland, and she now lives in Hammersmith with her husband, three children, and a dog called Pigeon.
More by Cressida Cowell
- The Wizards of Once series (4 books)
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Complete Series: 12 books
