Cart and Cwidder is the first in the best-selling Dalemark Quartet of books and tells the story of Moril and his brother and sister who are travelling musicians journeying through Dalemark, until one day they pick up a mysterious passenger. Somehow Moril's family and the stranger are becoming bound together in terror, flight, and music. *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.
This is Book 1 in the The Dalemark Quartet Series. See all The Dalemark Quartet books here.
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Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) spent her childhood in Essex and began writing fantasy novels for children in the 1970s. With her unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she enthralled generations of children and adults with her work. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award in 1981 and
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