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Enchanted Glass

Diana Wynne Jones

Hardcover | Pages: 332 pages

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Title	:	Enchanted Glass
Author	:	Diana Wynne Jones
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 332 pages
Published	:	April 6th 2010 by HarperCollins Children's Books (first published January 1st 2010)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Young Adult. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Magic

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One thing I've always liked about Diana Wynne Jones' books for children is that she makes no artificial barrier between adults and children; they're all people. So rather than have the grownups dismiss or disbelieve the children's real concerns for no apparent reason other than that they're grownups, in her books parental and other adult figures listen, understand, and get stuck in to the magic. In Enchanted Glass, Diana Wynne Jones takes this a stage further: even though the book is obviously aimed at children and young teenagers, the main protagonist is an adult in his thirties — and a real adult at that, not just an older person with a childish personality. I found the switching of viewpoints between him and the twelve-year-old secondary protagonist a good way of showing that there is no real difference between people of different ages, just different personalities.

In this book, Diana Wynne Jones takes a lot of themes she's touched upon in previous stories, reworking them and improving them in new ways. Melstone House has a very similar atmosphere to Chrstomanci Castle, with Andrew Hope as a more believeable and rather more interesting Chrestomanci reminiscent of a more sympathetic Rupert Venables from Deep Secret. There's a lot about names, their power and variation (think Eight Days of Luke); some clannish villagers, some wise, some annoying (like The Pinhoe Egg); and references to greater powers (Black Maria or, better, Power of Three). And I've always loved the way she depicts the working of magic: natural, powerful, and almost instinctive to the practitioner, not at all mechanical the way Harry Potter magic can be.

There's a well-constructed plot, with a nice little — not so much a twist as a flourish— at the end, but this takes second place to the enjoyable character interactions and atmosphere. This was a nice gentle change for me from plot-driven books where bad thing after bad thing happens and only begins to start coming right near the end. I particularly liked her handling of Andrew and his half-forgotten memories of his grandfather, subtly hinting — but never explicitly saying — that his grandfather had made sure the memories would resurface as they were needed.

I have a suspicion that in writing this book towards the end of her life, Diana Wynne Jones is deliberately looking back over her career and picking out some of her favourite ideas and giving them a work over. And I think she succeeds: it was certainly good enough for me to read it twice in quick succession, just because it was such an enjoyable world to be in, with such nice people to get to know.

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Original Title:	Enchanted Glass
ISBN:	0007320787 (ISBN13: 9780007320783)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Andrew, Jocelyn Brandon Hope, Aidan Cain, Mr Brown, Stashe, Mrs Stock, Andrew Hope
Setting:	Melstone,2010(United Kingdom)
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Book (2011), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2011)

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http://www.rantingdragon.com/enchante...Enchanted Glass is Diana Wynne Joness last published book before her death on March 26, 2011. The novel is a charming young adult standalone in Wynne Joness trademark style, beloved by many and unique in British childrens literature. Professor Andrew Hopehe isnt really a professor; he just happens to work at a universityinherits the old Melstone House and its ornery retinue after the death of Andrews grandfather, Jocelyn. Of course, Jocelyn was more than

I think I might be in love... I gulped this book down marveling all the while how can a story so magical be so casual, so matter of fact about it? The mythical characters strolling nonchalantly into the story, the ancient magic radiating from everything in sight brought with them only the surprised remembrance, as if like Andrew I had simply forgotten about it all and now that I have remembered again nothing could be more natural.It's one of those books that make me bemoan the fact that I did

2.5 stars.I had to choose the UK edition, as the cover of the US version is totally lame. Who do they think it's going to appeal to? Boys won't want to read it because it has rainbow swirls, and girls won't want to read it because it's about a smelly boy. I certainly felt stupid finishing it in Starbucks this afternoon (though I did get to sit next to the old lady with a Kindle and her iPad-wielding elderly husband again... the second time I've encountered these tech-savvy retirees).So this is a

A fun story with nods to Shakespeare, British folklore, and classic faerie tropes. Andrew Hope is the classic absent-minded professor, who stumbles into an old feud when he inherits his uncle's field-of-care and unwittingly exacerbates it by taking a young boy under his protection. The boy, Aidan (whose name nobody except his friends can pronounce correctly -- a handy device for spot-the-foe), is clever, funny and kind; he makes friends not only with the local boys but also with the

Now that he understood, Andrew could feel magic pouring in, homing in Melstone from light years away. It was being collected here. Someone, long ago, had set up the two sets of enchanted glass, the one here in the kitchen and the one in the roof of the shed, to act like two poles of an enormous horseshoe magnet, pulling magic into the field-of-care. The Brandon's main task was to protect this glass. They were supposed to used it for the good of the earth.

Another gem from Diana Wynn Jones. Really funny. Great magic.

One thing I've always liked about Diana Wynne Jones' books for children is that she makes no artificial barrier between adults and children; they're all people. So rather than have the grownups dismiss or disbelieve the children's real concerns for no apparent reason other than that they're grownups, in her books parental and other adult figures listen, understand, and get stuck in to the magic. In Enchanted Glass, Diana Wynne Jones takes this a stage further: even though the book is obviously