Dear Journal,

Today there was a letter for me.  I hardly get any letters, so I was very pleased until I found out that it was from the Magid School of Theoretical and Applied Magics.  I'm worried about the "Theoretical" part.  It doesn't sound all that fun and I shall miss Mr. Saunders and the Family and the Castle.

I wonder if they will let me bring Syracuse.  Klartch will probably have to stay at home.  He is much too big to take with me and I'm not sure if the school could feed him anyway.

I have to go now.  Dinner is being served and tomorrow Mrs. Chrestomanci is taking me shopping to buy some uniforms.