Wizrd

by Steve Zell

Book Overview

Bryce Willems, the fourteen-year-old son of a New York artist who has joined in the revival of an Arizona arts colony at Pinon Rim, discovers eerie and deadly secrets about the town's haunted past. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312953739
• ISBN13: 9780312953737
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

WiZrD is GrEaT!

From the title "WiZrD", I assumed I would be reading a fantasy book. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this is a horror novel set in modern day Arizona, includes a cast of humans (alive, dead, and undead), and incorporates colorful, actual legends from both the Navaho and Anasazi cultures. The book gave me many of the positive impressions I had while reading "It" by Stephen King, e.g., teenagers battling supernatural forces, characters you care about, and some spine-tingling imagery. However, unlike "It", "WiZrD" builds, from the start, to a thoroughly fitting and imaginative ending. Zell has a real talent for creating a large cast of characters, each of whom are unique, each fitting like a puzzle piece into the overall story, and each contributing to the eerie climax. In general, I was very impressed with this book and highly recommend it. Zell shows great storytelling skills that I hope will only improve in his next work.

A great book you haven't read!

The story was suspensful and fun. The characters were well defined and the surroundings and events were very well described. I could taste the warm, Indian bread! I seriously could not put the book down. I truly enjoyed this book!

BRILLIANT!!!

I am very choosey when it comes to horror books and usually only read the big names (Stephen King, Clive Barker...), but when i picked this up i couldn't put it down. His style of writing, the characters, the plot and the slow building horror in this book make it, in my view, unmissable.

Mind Boggling Awesome Book!

I started reading this book two days ago it sweep me off my feet i could'nt help but read! all i did was read! THe only thing i wish would of happened is Everything would of went good helldarado night in the graveyard! It was amazing how much of your own imagination can take place and actully see what they looked like! I loved the book and hope Steve Zell makes more just like it!!! Brandon, 14/m/ohio

Wizrd was the ultimate horror story!

Wow! What a fun book! Wizrd was the ultimate horror story. The Indian legends bring such a rich, eerieness to the book. The writing brought me back to adolescence, and Pinon Rim - the setting of the book - was so beautifully described, I felt I lived the entire story. The book opens with 14-year-old Bryce Willems' move to the town of Pinon Rim and hooked me right from the beginning. As new horrors develop - illnesses,dark caves, spirit possessions, etc. - I couldn't wait to finish the book.I highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a great piece of work and horror! Very well written, fast paced and something I would like to read more of!