Conrad's Fate

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Harper Collins, 2005 - Juvenile Fiction - 375 pages

"Unless you put right what you did wrong in your previous life -- and put it right now -- you are going to be horribly and painfully dead before the year's out."

Someone at the mysterious Stallery Mansion is pulling the possibilities. At first only small details change -- the color of the mailboxes, the titles of books -- but the changes keep getting bigger and bigger. It's up to Conrad Tesdinic, a twelve-year-old with truly terrible karma, to find the person behind it all.

Armed with his camera and a sticky cork that can summon an eerie being called a Walker, Conrad infiltrates the staff at Stallery. And he's not the only one snooping around the mansion. His fellow servant-in-training -- charming, confident Christopher Chant -- is searching for his friend Millie, who's lost in one of the possibilities. Christopher always seems to have a trick up his sleeve. To find the person behind all the mischief and to rescue Millie, the two boys have to work together. Can they keep Conrad's fate from catching up to them?

 

Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
32
Section 3
46
Section 4
65
Section 5
82
Section 6
149
Section 7
170
Section 8
195
Section 9
209
Section 10
264
Section 11
300
Section 12
350
Copyright

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About the author (2005)

Diana Wynne Jones was born in London on August 16, 1934. In 1953, she began school at St. Anne's College Oxford and attended lectures by J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. After graduation, she created plays for children that were performed at the London Arts Theatre. Her first book was published in 1973. She wrote over 40 books during her lifetime including Dark Lord of Derkholm, Earwig and the Witch, and the Chrestomanci series. She won numerous awards including the Guardian Award for Children's Books in 1977 for Charmed Life, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award in 1984 for Archer's Goon, the Mythopeic Award in 1999, the Karl Edward Wagner Award in 1999, and the Life Achievement Award from the World Fantasy Organization in 2007. Her book Howl's Moving Castle was adapted into an animated film by director Hayao Miyazaki, and the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. She died from lung cancer on March 26, 2011 at the age of 76.

Bibliographic information

TitleConrad's Fate
Book 5 of Chrestomanci Series
Chrestomanci chronicles, Diana Wynne Jones
AuthorDiana Wynne Jones
PublisherHarper Collins, 2005
ISBN0060747439, 9780060747435
Length375 pages
Subjects › 

Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic
Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Humorous Stories
  
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