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From the bestselling author of How to Train Your Dragon comes an exciting high-adventure series - set in an ancient, magical time, full of Wizards, Warriors, Giants and Sprites.

Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award

This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior…

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1 author picked The Wizards of Once as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The rival clans of Wizards and Warriors, sworn enemies in the dark forest, come together when a young warrior princess gets caught by an arrogant young wizard and his gang of fairies and beast, and discover that they are not as different as they feared.

My daughter loved the characters, especially the fairies, and the giant snowcats, and enjoyed the fast pace of the story (plus the illustrations)

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