Conrad's Fate(Chrestomanci‪)‬

Conrad's Fate is part of the clever and humorous Chrestomanci series. Twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic is in disguise as a servant-in-training at Stallery Mansion in the town of Stallchester. He wants to figure out what evil he caused in a past life. He and his friend Christopher Chant are trying to repair Conrad's very bad karma and to discover what mysterious entity is haunting the town. Diana Wynne Jones' The Lives of Christopher Chant and the other books from this smart fantasy series are also available from Recorded Books.