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The Magician’s Nephew 
by C.S. Lewis 
Julia Stevens 
Children’s Literature
Book Info 
Written in 1955 
Genre: Fantasy 
Set in the late 19th century 
Book 1 of the Narnia series (followed by 
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
Book Synopsis 
 Diggory and Polly find themselves at Diggory’s 
uncle’s house 
 They go to an interdemensional forest by 
touching green rings. 
 They find themselves on a lifeless planet. 
 Evil queen comes to life
 Witch gets transported back to real world, chaos 
ensues 
 Diggory, Uncle Andrew, witch, cabbie and horse 
get transported to the forest and then to a new 
world 
 They watch as the world is being created by a 
lion
 Lion (Aslan) assigns certain animals to talk and 
recognizes an evil in his world 
 Subplot involving Uncle Andrew with the animals 
 Diggory asks Aslan to cure his mother. 
 Cabbie and wife are coroneted and horse grows 
wings. 
 Diggory and Polly go to retrieve an apple in 
return for Aslan’s help

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The magician’s nephew

  • 1. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis Julia Stevens Children’s Literature
  • 2. Book Info Written in 1955 Genre: Fantasy Set in the late 19th century Book 1 of the Narnia series (followed by The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
  • 3. Book Synopsis  Diggory and Polly find themselves at Diggory’s uncle’s house  They go to an interdemensional forest by touching green rings.  They find themselves on a lifeless planet.  Evil queen comes to life
  • 4.  Witch gets transported back to real world, chaos ensues  Diggory, Uncle Andrew, witch, cabbie and horse get transported to the forest and then to a new world  They watch as the world is being created by a lion
  • 5.  Lion (Aslan) assigns certain animals to talk and recognizes an evil in his world  Subplot involving Uncle Andrew with the animals  Diggory asks Aslan to cure his mother.  Cabbie and wife are coroneted and horse grows wings.  Diggory and Polly go to retrieve an apple in return for Aslan’s help