This breathtakingly brilliant sequel to Dark Lord of Derkholm is all one would expect from this master of genre. Paw Prints, Juvenile Fiction - 390 pages. In a career spanning four decades, award-winning author Diana Wynne Jones (19342011) wrote more than forty books of fantasy for young readers. Read an excerpt of this book Add to Wishlist. 4.11 16288 Ratings 940 Reviews published 1998 46. Year of the Griffin (Derkholm Series 2) 400. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards University. Dark Lord of Derkholm (Derkholm, 1) and Year of the Griffin (Derkholm, 2).

And when, at length, Elda ropes in her brothers Kit and Blade to send Corkoran to the at the Wizards' University spins magically and magnificently out of control. It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped.

It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. Wizard Corkoran's money-making scheme backfires, and when Elda and her new friends start working magic on their own, the schemes go wronger still. Buy a used copy of Year of the Griffin book by Diana Wynne Jones. But Wizard Corkoran is dismayed to discover that one of those students - indeed, one he had such high hopes for, Wizard Derk's own daughter Elda - is a hugh golden griffin, and that none of the others has any money at all. Editions for Year of the Griffin: 0575075376 (Paperback published in 2012), 006447335X (Paperback published in 2001), (Kindle Edition published in 2012). Although Wizard Corkoran's obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his time is devoted to this project, he decides he will teach the new first years himself in hopes of currying the favor of the new students' families - for surely they must all come from wealth, important families - and obtaining money for the University (which it so desperately needs). Year of the Griffin When Elda, the griffin daughter of the great Wizard Derk, arrives for schooling at the Wizards University, she encounters new friends. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards' University.

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