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When war was announced, shortly after her fifth birthday, she was evacuated to wales, and thereafter moved several times, including periods in coniston water, in york, and back in london. In the land of ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and sevenleague. Stopping for a spell by diana wynne jones overdrive. At first, only small details, but the changes get bigger and bigger. Childrens stories, english, english humorous stories, fiction, humorous stories, magic, short. This list follows the internet speculative fiction database in grouping many works in five fiction series. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Sep 29, 2011 discover book depositorys huge selection of diana wynne jones books online. Stopping for a spell kindle edition by jones, diana wynne, zug, mark. In a career spanning four decades, awardwinning author diana wynne jones 1934. For in this society, witches are outlawed, whether they are good or bad. Three fantasies first edition by jones, diana wynne isbn.
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