title: A Wizard on Oak Street
author:  Andrew Carmitchel 
description: Andrew Carmitchel is a recently retired educator who spent over 30 years in education. This is one of two books written for his grandchildren. A Wizard on Oak Street is a book for anyone who loves mystery, magic and adventure. Mr. Carmitchel continues writing every day in Highland, Illinois.
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  The Wizard’s Statue
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  (Circle of Magic, Book 3)
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
  
  
  ## I
  
  
  
  
  
  Old Friends Meeting
  
  
  RANDAL OF DOUN, a sturdy brown-haired youth of about fifteen, pulled up the
  hood of his dark robe and hurried through the narrow streets of the
  Woodworkers’ District. Here in Cingestoun the afternoons were cool, even
  though the season was not yet autumn. The River Donchess flowed through the
  middle of town, and the wind brought damp air off the water. He paused at the
  corner and looked quickly up the next street. A man he’d spoken with earlier
  had told him that Alured Carpenter had a helper named Nicolas. That could mean
  only one thing: Randal’s friend Nick, from the Schola Sorceriae-the School of
  Wizardry in Tarnsberg-was still working here. In the old days, when Randal had
  despaired of completing his own apprenticeship, Nick’s help and advice had
  sometimes been the only things that kept him going. But in the mi