Charmed Life

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Author: Diana Wynne Jones
Genre: Children's
charmed-life1.jpg Synopsis

Cat Chant has no talent for magic. It’s his sister Gwendoline who is the gifted one – or so it seems. That is until Chrestomanci, the world’s only 9-lived Enchanter, enters their lives, turning them upside down. Cat’s forced to grow up and to learn all sorts of things about himself and his magical ability.


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  • Anna Gibbons's story

    I think Charmed Life is the first Diana Wynne Jones I ever read. I can picture my 9-year-old self curled up in our kitchen next to our family cat, reading it from cover to cover one Saturday afternoon...