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The Wizards of Once: Book 1

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The Wizards of Once: Book 1 by Cressida Cowell

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By Cressida Cowell

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The No.1 bestselling series from current Waterstones Children’s Laureate and author of How To Train Your Dragon, Cressida Cowell. Enter a land of wizards, warriors, mythical creatures and powerful Magic in an exciting fantasy adventure.

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08 Mar 2024

I would definitely recommend this book to my friends. It's awesome!

30 Oct 2023

good

08 Sep 2023

I got the entire series for my birthday, and all four of the books are absolutely AMAZING!
Adventurous and funny, with lovable heros and a beautiful plot, this book is among the best ones I've ever read.

Upon reading this, you will enter a world of great imaginination.

03 Sep 2023

I love when xar and wish meet because they are saving the world

31 Aug 2023

This is one my favourite. I adore it and Cressida Cowell. It is magical and I recommend it to those who like fantasy, adventure, magic and action

29 Aug 2023

I liked the book.

26 Aug 2023

I liked Wish or the Spoon best

24 Aug 2023

Great

18 Aug 2023

This book is a magical adventure clearly showing the difference between good and bad magic. My favourite characters were definitely Xar and Wish. I like Xar because
he is very brave and I like Wish because she knows what is good and bad and found out she was a Great Enchanter. I would recommend it to someone else.

11 Aug 2023

I liked Wish Xar best because they're both like me. Xar is mischievous and likes going on expeditions, and Wish is very different and crazy.

11 Aug 2023

This book is a very mysterious and exiting book

03 Aug 2023

It was very very good and it was also a bit scary because near the end there was a king inside the stone. Luckily by the time it was back out it was too weak to do lots more damage.

31 Jul 2023

Zar a rebel .

30 Jul 2023

It was fiction book and it’s a adventure story. The main characters were Wish and Xar, Xar is a wizard and wish is a warrior with magical powers.
I would recommend this book to someone else.

28 Jul 2023

This book is great, I loved reading it.

24 Jul 2023

I liked Xar a lot and I liked the book because it’s exiting and a great book

23 Jul 2023

My favourite character is wish.

15 Jul 2023

This is an absolutely amazing book. Every sentence is described in such detail and the illustrations are great. I love how there are two friends that should be enemies, it is so magical
Cressida Cowell is an outstanding author.

10 Jul 2023

It was exiting and mysical. I loved it and my favroute character was wish. It was lots of fun and i would recommend this book to all ages.

09 Jul 2023

The book has a lot of plot twists and full of exciting adventures! I would recommend this.

03 Jul 2023

It is a good book as it kick-starts a brilliant story.

14 Feb 2023

I really loved this book. It was very adventurous and cliff hanging. I also liked the fact that there was an unknown narrator. My favourite character was forest heart the snowcat.

10 Feb 2023

Good!

21 Jan 2023

Loved it. Favourite characters Wish and Xar. Young witch and wizard adventure plus finding their magic.

19 Oct 2022

An entertaining book which my boys loved but it took me a little longer to get into. However the quirky characters do grow on you and the unfailing confidence in themselves as well as the quirky characteristics of them did mean the characters grow on you, I think the third book was our favourite which is read brilliantly by David Tenant

06 Sep 2022

Good read

05 Sep 2022

It's an exciting story, and it made me want to read the 2nd book right away. Its a great adventure book. My favourite bit was when the Queen witch came out of the stone that takes away magic. My favourite character was squeeze gus because he talks with an s at the end of every word. I would recommend it.

30 Aug 2022

The witch is really scary

30 Aug 2022

I thought that the book was really magical.
My thoughts of what I have read are that there was a plot twist when we found out Wish had really powerful, rare magic although she is a Worrior.
My favourite character was Squeezjoos because she is really cute and really very quite brave when a drop of Witchblood landed on her.
I would defiantly recommend this book to others. Probably someone who like magic and a plot twist.

30 Aug 2022

I like wizards and magic. The story was interesting and the characters were a bit funny.

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