1
of
1
Charmed Life
Series: The Chrestomanci Series
Ratings/reviews counts are updated frequently.
Check link for latest rating. ( 35,624 ratings, 1,784 reviews)
Brief Description
"One of the wittiest, sharpest children’s fantasies ever written" – Katherine Rundell Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones classic award-winning favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits! Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted witch with astonishing powers, so it...
Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
$1800
$1999
Elsewhere:
Unit price
/
Unavailable
OVERNIGHT NZ-WIDE DELIVERY
Found a better price? Request a price match
Charmed Life
$1800
$1999
Elsewhere:
Unit price
/
Unavailable
Latest News
Bluey Alert: New Bluey Toys Have Just Arrived!
Some awesome new Bluey Toys have just arrived! From the Bluey Shopping Basket to the...
Nostalgic Toy Alert - Polly Pocket Is Back!
Nostalgic Toy Alert - Polly Pocket Is Back!
Amelia & Siobhan's Board Game Weekends
Looking for your next favourite board game? Join us as we share our first impressions...
Theresa's Love of Speed Puzzling
Theresa joined our team this week and quickly dominated the lunch table with her scrabble...
New Toys - Just Landed, Barbie / WWE / MOTU
Latest Toys - Just Arrived - Barbie, WWE, MOTU
See more
"One of the wittiest, sharpest children’s fantasies ever written" – Katherine Rundell
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones classic award-winning favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits!
Description
"One of the wittiest, sharpest children’s fantasies ever written" – Katherine Rundell
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones classic award-winning favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits!
Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted witch with astonishing powers, so it suits her enormously when she is taken to live in Chrestomanci Castle. Her brother Eric (better known as Cat) is not so keen, for he has no talent for magic at all.
However, life with the great enchanter is not what either of them expects and sparks begin to fly!
Charmed Life is the Winner of the Guardian Award.
Product Details
INFORMATION
Barcode: 9780008718879
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 31 July 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins
Illustration: (chapter heads line illustrations)
Audience: Primary and secondary education, Children
DIMENSIONS
Length: 18.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 288
Series: The Chrestomanci Series
View all-
$1800Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableThe Lives of Christopher Chant
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, exploring the childhood of Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits! Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next Chrestomanci is not part of Christopher’s...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableThe Magicians of Caprona
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits! The Dukedom of Caprona is a place where music is enchantment and spells are as slippery as spaghetti. The magical business is...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableWitch Week
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits! SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH When the note, written in ordinary ballpoint, turns up in the homework books Mr Crossley...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:
$1999Unit price /UnavailableCharmed Life
"One of the wittiest, sharpest children’s fantasies ever written" – Katherine Rundell Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones classic award-winning favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits! Everybody says that Gwendolyn Chant is a gifted...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableConrad’s Fate
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones Chrestomanci novel – now a book with extra bits! Conrad’s Fate follows the story of Conrad, a young boy with a good heart, who is seemingly plagued by bad karma. So much...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableMixed Magics
Glorious rejacket of the story collection set in the worlds of Chrestomanci. The stories featured in this collection are: Warlock at the Wheel Stealer of Souls Carol Oneir’s Hundredth Dream The Sage of Theare Everybody’s favourite nine-lifed enchanter makes a...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow
About the Author
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 was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.
Also by Diana Wynne Jones
View all-
$1700Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableHowl’s Moving Castle
‘One of the greatest ever writers for children’ – Garth Nix‘A true original’ – Katherine Rundell‘Truly magical … Guaranteed to leave you gasping’ The Bookseller‘She is the best writer of magical fantasy for children’ Evening Standard In this beloved modern...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$3999Unit price /UnavailableHowl’s Moving Castle 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
‘One of the greatest ever writers for children’ – Garth Nix ‘A true original’ – Katherine Rundell ‘Truly magical … Guaranteed to leave you gasping’ The Bookseller ‘She is the best writer of magical fantasy for children’ Evening Standard In...HardbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$4900Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableThe Howl’s Moving Castle Trilogy Box Set
‘Quite simply the best writer of magic there is’ Neil Gaiman ‘Truly magical … Guaranteed to leave you gasping’ The Bookseller ‘She is the best writer of magical fantasy for children’ Evening Standard Howl's Moving Castle In this beloved modern...Box SetIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:
$1999Unit price /UnavailableThe Lives of Christopher Chant
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, exploring the childhood of Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits! Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next Chrestomanci is not part of Christopher’s...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:
$1999Unit price /UnavailableThe Magicians of Caprona
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits! The Dukedom of Caprona is a place where music is enchantment and spells are as slippery as spaghetti. The magical business is...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:
$1999Unit price /UnavailableWitch Week
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, featuring Chrestomanci – now a book with extra bits! SOMEONE IN THIS CLASS IS A WITCH When the note, written in ordinary ballpoint, turns up in the homework books Mr Crossley...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:
$1999Unit price /UnavailableConrad’s Fate
Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones Chrestomanci novel – now a book with extra bits! Conrad’s Fate follows the story of Conrad, a young boy with a good heart, who is seemingly plagued by bad karma. So much...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:
$1999Unit price /UnavailableMixed Magics
Glorious rejacket of the story collection set in the worlds of Chrestomanci. The stories featured in this collection are: Warlock at the Wheel Stealer of Souls Carol Oneir’s Hundredth Dream The Sage of Theare Everybody’s favourite nine-lifed enchanter makes a...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1999Unit price /UnavailableThe Ogre Downstairs
Diana Wynne Jones at her finest -- family feuds and chaos, magic with hilarious results and some of the most original ideas ever to appear between the covers of a book. Casper, Johnny and Gwinny get a big shock when...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow
More from Children's Books
View all-
$2699Elsewhere:$3299Unit price /UnavailableThe Beginner's Bible
The Beginner's Bible(R) has been a favorite with young children and their parents since its release in 1989 with over 25 million products sold. Now it's redesigned with fresh new art that will excite children for many more years to...HardbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1800Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableThe Last Bear
Imagine making friends with a polar bear… The Last Bear is perfect for readers of 8+, beautifully illustrated throughout by Levi Pinfold. WINNER OF THE 2022 BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD WINNER OF THE 2022 WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$2499Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableEdmonds My First Cookbook
Become the champion-pikelet-maker, an expert-afghan-baker or an award-winning-pizza-creator.With the iconic illustrated step-by-step layout of the original EDMONDS JUNIOR COOKBOOK, you'll find it super easy to learn to cook these classic New Zealand recipes.From breakfast through to dessert and all the...Spiral boundIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1500Elsewhere:$1799Unit price /UnavailableThe Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle's classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, in board book format. A much-loved classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar has won over millions of readers with its vivid and colourful collage illustrations and its deceptively simple, hopeful story. With its die-cut...Board bookIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1700Elsewhere:$2100Unit price /UnavailableBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
An enchanting lyrical text by Bill Martin Jr, illustrated by Eric Carle, creator of the bestselling The Very Hungry Caterpillar, now appears in a chunky board-book format. Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction...Board bookBackorderShips mid September -
$1800Elsewhere:$1999Unit price /UnavailableKensuke's Kingdom
An utterly magical tale of one boy’s desert island adventure – full of friendship, trust and humanity. From the nation’s favourite storyteller. ‘A dazzling adventure’ – The Times ‘I heard the wind above me in the sails. I remember thinking,...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$2399Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableGirl Stuff 8-12
Girl Stuff 8-12 by Kaz Cooke is the ultimate guide for young girls navigating the pivotal pre-teen years. This engaging and informative book is designed to be a friendly companion, offering advice and tips on a wide range of topics...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1600Elsewhere:$2100Unit price /UnavailableYou Choose
A special edition to celebrate 20 years of this bestselling modern classic Imagine you could go anywhere, meet anyone and do anything. Where would you live? Where would you sleep? Who would be your friends? What games would you play?...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1999Elsewhere:$2400Unit price /UnavailableRoyalslinger
K Pop Demon Hunters fans will love this! Graci Kim is back with the second book in her exciting and fantastical Slinger series where dragons and phoenixes roam the skies of Seoul; meals magically appear based on your mood; and...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$6000Elsewhere:$7500Unit price /UnavailableHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Interactive Illustrated Edition)
Get ready for adventure with this dazzling edition of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! J.K. Rowling’s complete and unabridged text is accompanied by stunning, full-colour illustrations throughout and eight paper-engineered interactive elements. Readers will love looking inside the...HardbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1799Elsewhere:$2299Unit price /UnavailableWarriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #3
The third full-colour graphic novel adaptation of the blockbuster Warriors series covers the fifth and sixth novels of The Prophecies Begin (A Dangerous Path and The Darkest Hour). In the heart of the forest, the uneasy harmony between the four...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow -
$1900Elsewhere:$2100Unit price /UnavailableCharlotte's Web
Celebrating 70 years of Charlotte's Web - the timeless classic story of friendship and acceptance. This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur and of Wilbur's dear friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica,...PaperbackIn StockShips tomorrow
Service & Delivery
Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 100,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.
Read more about our story
Auckland Showroom
We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our showroom, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.
Visit our Auckland showroom
Our Gifting Service
Books make wonderful thoughtful gifts and we're here to help with gift-wrapping and cards. We can even send your gift directly to your loved one.
How to add Gift Wrap