![]() ![]() Great changes came about in their lives and left him no one else to cling to.” Two paragraphs later, the steamer sinks and the children are alone in the world. The story begins: “Cat Grant admired his elder sister Gwendolen. Right off it matched my girlhood predilection for stories about orphans: Cat and Gwendolen’s parents sink beneath the waters when a paddle steamer goes down. And more’s the pity as I loved it as an adult, so I’m sure I would have devoured it as a child if I’d been closer to Cat and Gwendolen’s ages than to Mr. It was originally published in 1977, when I was a heavy Narnia user, so I have no idea how I missed the series. Which it did and, if the first book is anything by which to measure, it *is*, yes, even better than the Potter series. And, yes, that it came first (so, not to be confused with the myriad of Potter-knock-offs). ![]() You’ve probably heard it too: Diana Wynne Jones’ Chrestomanci series is better than Harry Potter. ![]()
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