The+Magician's+Nephew

Reviewed by Jamie Bodeau
 * //The Magicians Nephew,//** By C.S. Lewis

Digory feels very unluckey when he has to move to his mad Uncle Ketterley's house in London while his Mother is trying to recover from her sickness. Thanks to a rainey, cold summer, Digory and Polly,a friend who lives in the same row of houses as him, have to spend their days indoors. Digory and Polly are venturing around in the attics of their houses when all of a sudden they open a door and find themselves in Mr. Ketterley's study. He has some yellow and green rings and "gives" a yellow ring to Polly, making her disapear to a different world. After that, the Uncle explains to Digory that the yellow rings take you away from the world and the green rings bring you back. Then he gives Digory two green rings and a yellow and Digory disapears. Digory and Polly find themselves in a kind of Wood Between Worlds, where the yellow rings actually just bring you their and the green rings take you to any of the millions of worlds in the place. The two children try visiting different worlds untill they wake up a horrible witch. They the bring her back to their world accidentally, and then to get her out they take her to a different world, one called Narnia. Here they meet Aslan the great lion and get to watch him create the whole world. Because Digory brought such a great evil into Aslan's new world, Aslan makes Digory and Polly ride a new flying horse very far to get to the Tree of Life, and plant a seed near Aslan to protect its inhabitants from the witch. Digory succeeds and as a reward he gets to take an apple from the Tree of Life, and brings it home to his Mother. The next day she is healed, and Digory and Polly bury the rings, and he plants a new Tree of Life in his garden.

I would definately recommend this book for five reasons. First, it is filled with action, and you never know what will happen next. Second, it is thrilling, and makes you want to keep reading. Third, the characters are adventurous, and have well written personalities. Fourth, it is the first book in the Chronicles of Narnia, and help you understand the later books better. Last, it is a masterpiece that obviously took a very long time to write and thanks to that, it is very good. Recommended for ages 8+.