BP #10: Stages, stages, stages...

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Witch & Wizard by James Patterson is a thrilling tale of Whit and Wisty Allgood, and their battle with the New Order created by The One Who is the One. This book is written in a very interesting way, because no ordinary world is established before the Call to Adventure occurs. Whit and Wisty are immediately thrown into the chaos of their adventure. The book begins with armed men storming the Allgood's house, seizing Whit and Wisty and accusing them of being and Witch and a Wizard. It is also interesting that the pair do not meet a mentor before they are immediately forced to cross the Threshold into the Special World.

"I gasped as my bedroom door crashed open. Two hulking men in dark-gray uniforms burst into my room, glaring at me as if I were a fugitive terrorist-cell operative.

"It's her! Wisteria Allgood!" one said...

"Who are you?!" I asked. "What are you doing in my freaking bedroom?""
- Witch & Wizard, James Patterson, pg. 16

Whit and Wisty have no idea what any of the army men are talking about, and refuse to believe that they are a "Witch" or a "Wizard". This could be called the Refusal of The Call, because it takes a great deal of events for the pair to finally believe that they are indeed magical.

"'Wisteria Allgood... The New Order is taking you into custody until your trial. You are hereby accused of being a witch."

My jaw dropped. "A witch? Are you nuts?" I shrieked.
- Witch & Wizard, James Patterson, pg. 24

Although it does not occur in the typical order, an Ordinary World is established as the book progresses. Whit and Wisty begin to realize that their parents knew all along that they had magical powers, but they hid it from them. They realize the rhymes their parents used to tell them are actually spells and hints to get them out of sticky situations. Before they were taken, Whit and Wisty were permitted to bring one belonging from home. Their parents insisted that they take a battered old drumstick and an empty journal with them. These seemingly useless items play a key role later in the story.