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The Year of the Griffin
The Year of the Griffin
Author: Diana Wynne Jones
The Wizards' University is short of money. Nothing comes in from tourists any more since Mr Chesney's offworld tours have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has left Wizard Derk and his family to run the world and handsome Wizard Corkoran to run the University. Corkoran is really only interested in being the first man to walk on the moon, but h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780575070462
ISBN-10: 0575070463
Publication Date: 10/19/2000
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Gollancz
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 2
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Chesara avatar reviewed The Year of the Griffin on + 153 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Eight years after the end of Mr. Chasney'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 assasins, 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?
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Helpful Score: 2
Another one I re-read a lot. Humorous, thought provoking, imaginative.
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wiltinglilly avatar reviewed The Year of the Griffin on + 33 more book reviews
The sequel to "The Dark Lord of Derkholm", this book takes place eight years after the ending of that one and focuses on characters from the previous novel that did not get much page time. I enjoyed the trip back into this magical world that Jones has created, but I wish that there was more of the old characters as well. It is definitely a good read if you have read the previous book


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