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Diana Wynne Jones: Dark Lord of Derkholm (Paperback, 2001, HarperTeen) 4 stars

Derk, an unconventional wizard, and his magical family become involved in a plan to put …

Whenever I read a DWJ novel, I feel like I’m missing at least a third of the plot, which is always delivered in little hints of overheard dialog and people wondering where they’d seen that person before.

Either that, or DWJ puts in a lot of red herrings to make me feel that way.