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Cart And Cwidder (Dalemark Quartet) (Paperback)

by Diana Wynne Jones (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford; New Ed edition (6 Feb 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0192752790
  • ISBN-13: 978-0192752796
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 203,535 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A magical adventure


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Cart and Cwidder is the first in the best-selling Dalemark Quartet of books and tells the story of Moril and his brother and sister who are travelling musicians journeying through Dalemark, until one day they pick up a mysterious passenger. Somehow Moril's family and the stranger are becoming bound together in terror, flight, and music. BLDiana Wynne Jones is recognized as being one of the most outstanding writers of fantasy in recent times. BLThe Dalemark Quartet books are for good readers who have enjoyed the Christopher Chant books by the same author. The books contain the same ability to immerse the reader with real child characters having magical adventures in an imaginary world. BLThis genre of fantasy writing is currently very popular due to the success of the recent 'Lord of the Rings' film. BLDiana Wynne Jones has won the Guardian Award for fiction and has written over twenty novels in less than twenty years.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb, 16 May 2003
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The Dalemark Quartet is an absolute classic - what I like most about it is that the first three books seem to be totally unlinked except for being set in the same 'world' of Dalemark. They completely turn the standard sequential trilogy/quartet model on its head. The characters are different from book to book. They don't coexist in time. Each is a compelling and brilliantly written stand-alone novel, but....
When I came to the final novel in the quartet I was awe-struck by Wynne Jones's deft handling of the ideas across the books. The links the parallels and the cunning interconnectedness of all four books slowly and magically unfold before you. I would give anything to write so well, so surely and so winningly. Every child's bookshelves should hold this series.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent fantasy for children set in believable world, 23 May 2000
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This review is from: Cart and Cwidder (Oxford Children's Modern Classics) (Paperback)
The first book in the Dalemark quartet. A wonderful set of characters in an all-too believable fantasy world. Not the usual set of goblins and dragons; instead we have decidedly human characters with recognisable problems. There is some magic, but it is subtly wrapped up in mysticism and music. Echoes of both Celtic and Scandanavian myth abound. The story overtly is of a family's flight from tyranny to safety in Northern lands. But it's really about growing up, about young Moril learning about himself, learning that first impressions of others are not always correct, and learning how to use his talents. In every way a wonderful adventure story that adults and children alike will love. And it's only the first of four!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant! Clever, funny, complex, 23 May 2000
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Diana Wynne Jones NEVER talks down to kids in her books. Forget the Harry Potter books, Diana Wynne Jones started it all. cart and Cwidder is a brilliant example of this. A travelling musical family rove around the land of Dalemark living an almost normal life. Then it suddenly all goes wrong, and nothing is as it seems. A mysterious and powerful cwidder (which is a funny old type of guitar) falls into the hands of the youngest and he must learn to not only play it, but to stop it from playing him! His family, and the rest of the lands of Dalemark, rely on him.

This is a really good start to the Dalemark series, followed by Drowned Ammet, the Spllcoats, and finished by the Crown of Dalemark. Well worth getting into.

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4.0 out of 5 stars An absorbing & interesting read
This is one of my favourite DWJ books. I read it straight through in a day. I particularly like the way that, at the beginning of the book, Moril and the crew are seemingly a... Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2002 by dee715

5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book
Cart and Cwidder is one of my favorite books. It is about a boy called moril who is the son of a traveling singer called clennen. Read more
Published on 23 April 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars a brilliant beggining to a fantastic quartet
a brilliant, exciting and enthralling book!! please read it and you will be drawn into it so that you cant put it down! Read more
Published on 22 April 2001

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