Whizzard

Tales of the Dark Forest #2

by Steve Barlow, Steve Skidmore

Cities, towns and villages exist like islands in a green sea, while in the Dark Forest itself live hermits, wizards and all manner of creatures. Tym, apprentice to the local wizard, accidentally invents a new potion that causes them to move at incredible speeds - and with interesting side effects!

Genres: Fantasy, Childrens, Humor

256 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

Steve Barlow (real name Steven Lowe) was born in Britain. He studied at Warwick University and Nottingham University, and worked at various times as a teacher, actor, stage manager and puppeteer. Then he went to teach in Botswana. On his return to the UK he met Steve Skidmore, collectively known as The Two Steves—are British collaborative writers who mostly work in the field of children's literature. They have written over 70 books together.

Reviews

[Seb · Rating 4 out of 5]

“A Whizzard caused this mischief, only a Whizzard can undo it.”

A brilliant follow up to Goodknyght, this book details the adventure of Tym, a hopeful wizard, who creates a potion that causes him to move at incredible speed.

The story and characters are well developed from the first book (even though it centres around a new protagonist), and is a solid tale from beginning to end. I came across a few misprints in the book, but it was nothing that hindered my enjoyment.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, even as far to say more than Goodknyght, and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys the fantasy genre.

[Sarah Wright · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned quite a lot off this book actually it was really fantastic because this guy chases his dreams although he hated his master he really did chase his dreams and it turned out amazing in the end.

He wanted to be a Wizard, and got a strange dream from the Ghost caller person to make some kind of potion.

Turns out that it was better than being a wizard he could stop time so it looked like it was stopped but everyone was going so slow it was unbelievable. He loved it at first he made his master look like a genius with the gold but unfortunately it went wrong and he made his master look like a fool.

The poisonous scorpion hurt the princess person(Everyone loves her because she is so beautiful) and Whizzard stopped time to get her a cure.

I thought there should have been a little bit of romance between Whizzard and the Princess but hey! You cant have everything. I thought it was really fantastic and I would recommend it to any wizard fan!

[Jacob Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know it;s old, but I just loved the comedy, the way the boggart talked. The storyline was awesome, and Tim, major lol. The wish hounds everything was great in this book. I recommend it to everyone.

[Leyre T · Rating 3 out of 5]

No me ha gustado me ha parecido aburrido.