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Departments => Books => Topic started by: Miyabi on January 08, 2010, 06:21:05 AM
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OK, so this has been bothering me for a few years, and I never thought to ask here. So there is a book series I read when I was in grade school, which means it could have ranged from anything from a YA novel to a regular Fiction series because I read them all.
Things I remember:
*The main character could go into a different place when he slept
*There were many worlds in this place
*He could bring things back when traveling there in dreams, which you aren't supposed to be able to do
*Other people can get there, but you have to like go around a long way
*His uncle comes and takes him away to teach him to be a wizard
*There is a girl in an Egyptian type world where they aren't allowed to have books
*He takes her books and she hides them in the "space" above her shoulder
*There was something about a wizards or sorcerers signature that was unforgable or something along those lines.
*One of the spells I remember a silencing spell and he once cast it so strongly when trying to talk to his mom without his uncle hearing that they had to "dig" through the spell to make a way for them to talk to each other.
So yeah, does this sound familiar to anyone? I would appreciate anything, it's one of those books you read a LONG time ago and really liked but you can't remember what it is. I would just really really like to read it again.
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It certainly sounds like the Chronicles of Chrestomanci to me. Just the going to other worlds in your sleep bit though, I don't remember much of those other things. A distinguishing characteristic might be that the Chrestomanci has nine lives, because he never existed in the eight other parallel worlds. One of the characters seals a Chrestomanci in training's lives into a book of matches, and when he strikes one, he bursts into flame. There were a few books, many taking place in one of the other worlds. Just the first thing I thought of. But, as always, I could be dead wrong.
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Can I just say I love you!
I wiki'd it and that is what it is! I have tried googling this, asking TONS of people from bookstore workers to librarians and NO ONE has known what it was! I guess that could be because the first book came out in '88 '77, but no, seriously, I absolutely love you. You are my HERO!
/me hugs Link
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Whoa, I was right? Awesome, glad I could be of help. I just hope the hug wasn't one of those awkward ones where we hug for about ten seconds, stand there for a little while and then one of us pats the other on the bag to say, "okay, you can let go now." :P
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Ha ha. I tend to hug for too long. xD I love hugs.