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      So You Want to Be a Wizard

      by Diane Duane
      Published
      Oct 1983
      Main Genre
      Fantasy Fantasy
      Rating
      Pages
      400
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      Series
      Young Wizards Book 1

      About This Book

      Something stopped Nita's hand as it ran along the bookshelf. She looked and found that one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. It was one of those So You Want to Be a ... books, a series on careers. So You Want to Be a Pilot, and a Scientist... a Writer.

      But this one said, So You Want to Be a Wizard.

      I don't believe this, Nita thought. She shut the book and stood there, holding it in her hand, confused, amazed, suspicious—and delighted. If it was a joke, it was a great one. If it wasn't ... ?

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      Book 1
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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Speculative Fiction

      Subgenres

      Fantasy

      Characters & Occupations

      Dragons

      Age Level

      Kids (12 & Under) Kids: Middle Grade Young Adult / Teens

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