Series:

Oxford Children's Modern Classics

2 primary works • 4 total works

Book 1

Cover of Cart and Cwidder
When their father, a traveling minstrel, is killed, three children involved in rebellion and intrigue inherit a lute-like cwidder with more than musical powers.

Book 2

Cover of Drowned Ammet

Drowned Ammet

by Diana Wynne Jones

Published 11 March 1993
Drowned Ammet is the story of Mitt, a boy who joins a band of Freedom Fighters in a bid to try and crush the tyrannical ruler of Holand, and at the same time, to get revenge on the people who killed his father. *Diana Wynne Jones is recognized as being one of the most outstanding writers of fantasy in recent times. *The Dalemark Quartet books are for good readers who have enjoyed the Christopher Chant books by the same author. The books contain the same ability to immerse the reader with real child characters having magical adventures in an imaginary world. *This genre of fantasy writing is currently very popular due to the success of the recent 'Lord of the Rings' film. *Diana Wynne Jones has won the Guardian award for fiction and has written over twenty novels in less than twenty years.

Cover of The Crown of Dalemark

The Crown of Dalemark

by Diana Wynne Jones

Published 11 March 1993

The final book in the Dalemark Quartet, which consists of four fantasy novels by Diana Wynne Jones set in the mysterious world of Dalemark.

Cover of The Spellcoats

The Spellcoats

by Diana Wynne Jones

Published 12 April 1979

The third book in the epic fantasy-adventure series from ‘the Godmother of Fantasy’, Diana Wynne Jones. Now back in print!

‘I had not seen how they hated us till I heard them shout. It was terrible.’

Tanaqui and her family have always known they were somehow different from the other villagers. But when the great floods come and they are driven from their home, they begin to realise the part they must play in the destiny of the land.

As Tanaqui weaves the story of their frightening journey to the sea and the terrifying, powerful evil of the mage Kankredin, she realises the desperate need to understand the meaning of it all. Can she fit the pieces of the puzzle together in time to halt Kankredin’s destruction?