Diana Jones - Diana Wynne Jones’s Fantastical Journeys Collection

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DIANA WYNNE JONES'S FANTASTICAL JOURNEYS COLLECTION

The Islands of Chaldea

Text copyright © Diana Wynne Jones and Ursula Jones 2014

Map copyright © Sally Taylor 2014

Cover art © Zdenko Basic 2014

A Tale of Time City

Text copyright © Diana Wynne Jones 1987

Illustrations copyright © David Wyatt 2000

The Homeward Bounders

Text copyright © Diana Wynne Jones 1981

Illustrations copyright © David Wyatt 2000

Collection cover design © HarperCollins Publishers 2015

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The Islands of Chaldea : 9780007549191 A Tale of Time City : 9780007439706 The Homeward Bounders : 9780007499991

Ebook Bundle Edition © JANUARY 2015 ISBN: 9780008127398

Version: 2014-12-18

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Title Page THE ISLANDS OF CHALDEA A TALE OF TIME CITY THE HOMEWARD BOUNDERS

Copyright Copyright Copyright The Islands of Chaldea A Tale of Time City The Homeward Bounders Keep Reading About the Author Also by the Author About the Publisher This e-book collection first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2015 HarperCollins Children’s Books is a division of HarperCollins Publishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk DIANA WYNNE JONES'S FANTASTICAL JOURNEYS COLLECTION The Islands of Chaldea Text copyright © Diana Wynne Jones and Ursula Jones 2014 Map copyright © Sally Taylor 2014 Cover art © Zdenko Basic 2014 A Tale of Time City Text copyright © Diana Wynne Jones 1987 Illustrations copyright © David Wyatt 2000 The Homeward Bounders Text copyright © Diana Wynne Jones 1981 Illustrations copyright © David Wyatt 2000 Collection cover design © HarperCollins Publishers 2015 The authors and illustrators assert the moral right to be identified as the authors and illustrators of this work. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins. HarperCollins Publishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication. Source ISBNs: The Islands of Chaldea : 9780007549191 A Tale of Time City : 9780007439706 The Homeward Bounders : 9780007499991 Ebook Bundle Edition © JANUARY 2015 ISBN: 9780008127398 Version: 2014-12-18

The Islands of Chaldea

A Tale of Time City

The Homeward Bounders

Keep Reading

About the Author

Also by the Author

About the Publisher

The Islands of Chaldea A Tale of Time City The Homeward Bounders Keep Reading About the Author Also by the Author About the Publisher

To Dave

Diana Wynne Jones

Diana, her family, friends and her readers

Ursula Jones

Cover The Islands of Chaldea A Tale of Time City The Homeward Bounders Keep Reading About the Author Also by the Author About the Publisher

Title Page THE ISLANDS OF CHALDEA

Map

Dedication To Dave Diana Wynne Jones Diana, her family, friends and her readers Ursula Jones

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Afterword

Porridge is my Aunt Beck’s answer to everything. The morning after my initiation proved to be such a complete failure, she gave me porridge with cream and honey – an unheard-of luxury in our little stone house – and I was almost too upset to enjoy it. I sat shivering and my teeth chattered, as much with misery as with cold, and pushed the stuff about with my spoon, until Aunt Beck wrapped me in a big fluffy plaid and told me sharply that it was not the end of the world.

“Or not yet,” she added. “And your pigtail is almost in the honey.”

This made me sit up a little. Yesterday I had washed my hair in cold spring water full of herbs – washed all over in it as well – and it was not an experience I wanted to repeat. I had gone without food too all day before that dreadful washing, with the result that I felt damp and chilly all over, and tender as a snail’s horns, when the time came for me to go down into the Place. And I hadn’t got any drier or warmer as the night went on.