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Well I’ve plowed through one more and have only one left to go. I’m talking about finishing The Magician’s Nephew the sixth publication in the Chronicles of Narnia Series by C. S. Lewis. If you want to read them, the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth reviews are available.

This book was published fifth, but in the chronology it takes place first. In fact this is the book that explains how it all began, and why the other books are the way they are.

This book follows the children Digory and Polly. You may remember Digory as the professor in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Digory’s uncle sends the two children on a magical journey that leads to the origin of the White Witch, Narnia, and everything else that follows in the other books.

This book reminds me of Episode One form Star Wars. If it was the first story you saw, you probably wouldn’t be interested in the rest. Reading the other stories first plants questions that draw you through reading this one, despite it not being the most entertaining of the series.

Now It’s off to the last of the series.