| Year of the Griffin Contributor(s): Jones, Diana Wynne (Author) |
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ISBN: 006447335X ISBN-13: 9780064473354 Publisher: Greenwillow Books OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: EIGHT YEARS AFTER the end of Mr. Chesney's offworld Pilgrim Parties, the Wizards' University is in a shambles. Wizard Derk's griffin daughter Elda and her fellow first-year students encounter tyrannical tutors, boring lectures, and truly terrible refectory food. But things get even worse when the University sends a letter to each of their families begging for funds. Now Elda and her friends must contend with a band of trained assassins, a flock of renegade griffins, and an unexpected trip to the moon. Even with all the magical means at their disposal, will they make it through their first year? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories - Juvenile Fiction | School & Education |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 99048522 |
| Lexile Measure: 830 |
| Series: Derkholm |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 4.22" W x 6.77" (0.42 lbs) 390 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 44732 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards' University. Although Wizard Corkoran's obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his time is devoted to this project, he decides he will teach the new first years himself in hopes of currying the favor of the new students' families--for surely they must all come from wealth, important families--and obtaining money for the University (which it so desperately needs). But Wizard Corkoran is dismayed to discover that one of those students--indeed, one he had such high hopes for, Wizard Derk's own daughter Elda--is a hugh golden griffin, and that none of the others has any money at all. Wizard Corkoran's money-making scheme backfires, and when Elda and her new friends start working magic on their own, the schemes go wronger still. And when, at length, Elda ropes in her brothers Kit and Blade to send Corkoran to the moon...well...life at the Wizards' University spins magically and magnificently out of control. This breathtakingly brilliant sequel to "Dark Lord of Derkholm" is all one would expect from this master of genre. Books for the Teen Age 2001 (NYPL) andBest Children's Books 2000 (PW) |
Contributor Bio(s): Jones, Diana Wynne: - In a career spanning four decades, award-winning author Diana Wynne Jones (1934‒2011) wrote more than forty books of fantasy for young readers. Characterized by magic, multiple universes, witches and wizards--and a charismatic nine-lived enchanter--her books are filled with unlimited imagination, dazzling plots, and an effervescent sense of humor that earned her legendary status in the world of fantasy. |