The children’s laureate Cowell has completed her four-book Wizards of Once sequence, a fantasy in which Warriors and Wizards are at odds. Xar, a boy Wizard, and Wish, a girl Warrior, have a joint quest to defeat the evil Kingwitch...
Cowell’s short sentences and scribbly pencil illustrations carry considerable skill and humour, advocate love, and manage to be lively and momentous.