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The Wizards of Once
- The Wizards of Once, Book 1
- Narrated by: David Tennant
- Series: The Wizards of Once, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Action & Adventure
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Summary
The number 1 best seller read by David Tennant.
Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests. Until the Warriors came....
This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide. Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned Magical Object, and she will do anything to conceal it.
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- Minkybusiness
- 20-11-17
Brilliant.
Both my son and I enjoyed listening to this book. This was helped greatly by David Tennant narrating and using lots of different voices. The story was excellent and had lots of new magic folk to get to know. Would highly recommend to anyone 8+ years old.
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- puppeteer
- 02-10-17
absolutely wonderful!
Cressida Cowell and David Tennant are a great combination. I loved the How to train your dragon series. and I can't wait till the next book of this one. p.s. I'm 31 and love these books!
35 people found this helpful
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- Bryony Read
- 05-12-17
BRILLIANT!
My children and I have absolutely LOVED listening to this book and can’t wait for the next one. Super characters and unlikely heroes. Plenty of action and tense situations but all very appropriate for all ages of children.
9 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 28-10-17
Great fun!
I enjoyed this book - comparisons are always odious but I couldn't help but compare to the dragon books - but I didn't enjoy it quite as much as the dragon series. That said, I will certainly be looking out for the sequels and I am sure I will enjoy the development of the plot. Witches are most certainly not extinct......Superbly narrated by David Tennant who uses his bottomless repertoire of different voices to bring the story to life.
9 people found this helpful
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- MostlyIrish
- 15-06-20
David Tennant should narrate everything.
My kids were glued to every book in this series. David Tennant reads with such expression and emotion it's completely enthralling. The characters come to life with his voice and the story is compelling and humourous.
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- Graham Clark
- 27-11-17
Great family listen!
Great narration and excellent adventure story. Great for all ages on a long car journey or two!
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- gillvm
- 19-10-17
what a great story
David Tennant is a very talented narrator, his character voices brings it all alive in a special magical way
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- Mr Chris Shackle
- 07-06-20
amazing
a very exiting ending with a cliffhanger and the reader is very expressive and good at voices.
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- MRS CLARA MASON
- 26-05-20
The wizards of once
Amazing!!! A brilliant and hilarious audiobook that i have listened to many many times- 5 stars
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- Megatron
- 14-02-18
Good 👍
It was a good story but for me it was a little scary and the music adds to the scary sort of theme the performance was good but there could have been more dialogue between the characters the over all was ok
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-05-18
Loved it, and can't wait for the next one.
One of my family's absolute favourite authors, narrated by one of our absolute favourite narrators. Well be listening to this again and again.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-09-21
love it!
this is the best story Cressida Cowell ever wrote!!
Beautifully presented 😁😁😁😁😁 ☺☺☺ 😃