Other editions of book Charmed Life

Cat had no doubt that the man standing in the middle of the kitchen was the 'Dark Stranger'. Cat's sister, Gwendolen, had been told by a fortune teller that she was destined for Great Things, and that a 'dominant Dark Stranger' would have something to do with it. So it was hardly surprising that when Cat saw the tall, dark, well-dressed man standing in the kitchen, he thought it was Gwendolen's 'Dark Stranger' come to help her start ruling the world. Sometimes it can be a trial being the brother of a powerful witch - especially when you have no magical gifts yourself....

At first, orphan Cat Chant isn't jealous of his magically gifted sister Gwendolen. After all, she is the only family he has left. But, then the mysterious sorcerer Chrestomanci adopts them and changes their lives forever. In this book, which won the Guardian Award for Children's books, author Diana Wynne Jones' characters come fully alive as narrator Gerard Doyle takes listeners into a wondrous world.