Larger	So You Want to Be a Wizard (Young Wizards, Bk 1) Author: Diane Duane
	Book Information Publisher: Delacorte Press Book Type: Hardcover Members Wishing: 0 Rating: 8 ISBN-13: 9780385293051 - ISBN-10: 0385293054 Publication Date: 10/1983 Pages: 226 Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.
Something stopped Nita's hand as it ran along the bookshelf. She looked and found that
one of the books had a loose thread at the top of its spine. It was one of those So You
Want to Be a ... books, a series on careers. So You Want to Be a Pilot, and a
Scientist ... a Writer. But this one said, So You Want to Be a Wizard. I don't believe
this, Nina thought. She shut the book and stood there holding it in her hand, confused,
amazed, suspicious--and delighted. If it was a joke, it was a great one. If it
wasn't... ?

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First book in the Nita and Kit "Young Wizards" series.