- Fantasy, Wizards, Brothers and sisters, Fiction
After the Goon moves into the Sykes' house and refuses to budge, thirteen-year-old Howard learns some startling information about his family, including the fact that he is adopted and that his father is connected with the seven wizards who run the town.
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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Diana Wynne Jones
- First published
- 1984
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Collins, Berkley, Ace Books
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780441028924
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“The trouble started the day Howard came home from school to find the Goon sitting in the kitchen.”
A British writer, principally of fantasy novels for children and adults as well as a small amount of non-fiction.
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