So You Want to Be a Wizard

Because she insists on fighting with words instead of her fists, 13-year-old Nita is regularly tormented by a gang of classmates. One day, running to escape their blows, she hides in the only safe place nearbyamp;mdash;the library. When a book about wizardry catches her eye, Nita finds the help she needs in its pages. As she moves from chapter to chapter, Nita learns more sophisticated spells.

Soon, stepping through a worldgate, she enters a shadowy city swirling with vicious taxicabs …