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Audrey Miller Title: The Magician’s Nephew Author: C.S. Lewis WARNING CONTAINS SPOILERS! Genre: Fantasy Literature Plot Summary: Digory Kirke lives with his ill mother and aunt. One summer in London, two neighbors, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer meet playing in the gardens in of a row of houses. And decide to explore an abandoned house through a secret passage in an attic that connects all the houses but accidently ends up in Digory’s uncle Andrew’s house. They are then tricked into putting on magical rings that transport them into a different world. In the unknown world, there are multiple pools that transport into different places, Digory and Polly jump into one of the pools and are taken into a world called Charn. In charn they meet the evil queen Jadis and …show more content…

Though Digory would rather save his mother, he ignores the Witch’s suggestions and brings the apple back to Aslan. He must go to a hilltop garden and procure an apple from a tree at the center of the garden. Digory and Polly set off on the horse and, when he finally retrieves the apple, notices that the Witch is also in the garden and once she sees Digory, tries to catch him. She also tries to convince him to use the rings and take the apple back to London, where it will surely save his mother. Digory is told by Aslan to toss the apple into the river, and after doing so, everyone goes to the coronation of the Cabby and his wife. From where Digory threw the apple, a tree is seen growing. Aslan informs Digory that the Witch will not come anywhere near the tree, meaning that Narnia will be protected. Aslan then allows Digory to take an apple with him back to London, so that his mother can get better. Aslan then returns the two kids and Uncle Andrew to London. Digory’s mother eats the apple and gets better, and the children bury the rings, along with the apple core, outside. A tree grows from

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