Books like The Lives of Christopher Chant (Chrestomanci, Book 2) by Diana Wynne Jones
Christopher Chant, heir to a lineage of enchanters—his father and uncles are celebrated wizards and his mother a formidable sorceress—seems to lack any magic of his own. Yet, each night he dreams of a formless realm he calls the Place Between. These dreams become portals through which he climbs into the Almost Anywheres, a collection of wondrous lands where he encounters extraordinary adventures. As he navigates these ethereal worlds, Christopher learns that his true power lies in the boundaries he can cross between the ordinary and the extraordinary.
First publish date: 1988
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Diana Wynne Jones
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