With & Wizard is a book by James Patterson
Witch & Wizard is the first novel of the Witch & Wizard series, written by James Patterson & Gabrielle Charbonnet. It chronicles a dystopian future in which Whit and Wisty Allgood are arrested, imprisoned, and sentenced to execution during the uprising of a new totalitarian government, for unknowingly possessing outlawed magical abilities. The novel was published on December 14, 2009.
Two teens named Whit and Wisty are being accused of being a witch and a wizard. The two kids are shocked and appalled when Byron Swain, a horribly stuck up kid from their school, appears and conducts their arrest. They protest against these claims, but to no profit. During the arrest, their parents are permitted to give Whit and Wisty one item each. They are given a seemingly worthless book and a drum stick respectively before being led away, and Wisty accidentally sets fire to herself, as if by magic. A mysterious figure known as The One Who Is The One shows up and it is revealed that he somehow knows their parents and he is the leader of the new political party, called the New Order. The pair are then taken to a prison which appears to be occupied solely by children, and are interrogated by Byron. They are then put on trial by the One who Judges and are sentenced to execution, to be carried out when they turn eighteen.

Returning from their trial, they see a wanted poster for their parents, who have apparently escaped the asylum which is used as Death Row, within which they are subjected to filthy conditions and punishments by Matron and the Visitor, the two adults in charge. Although the building is supposedly shielded against magic, both Whit and Wisty continue to use magical abilities unexpectedly. Whit dreams of his girlfriend, Celia, talking to him. One day, they are summoned before the One who Judges again because their tests have come back normal - it is presumed by the judge that they have bribed someone. Wisty accidentally summons a plague of flies, but then The One Who Is The One appears, mocking them and ordering harsher punishment until they give in. The next day, Byron visits their cell and informs the pair that they have been classed as Extremely Dangerous, and can therefore be executed immediately without waiting until they turn eighteen. Wisty accidentally turns him into a lion and then tries to turn him back into a human, but he turns into a weasel and disappears.

Celia then emerges, informing the pair that she is a Half-light - a spirit which exists on an alternate plane called the Shadowland. She tells them how to enter and exit into the Shadowland, which they manage, and in the attempt they are joined by a dog which Wisty names Feffer. In the Shadowland, Celia introduces them to Sasha, a boy who takes them out of the Shadowland to Freeland - a store called Garfunkle's which has become a haven for persecuted children, currently run by a girl named Janine, although leadership changes hands weekly.

The siblings' magical powers are welcomed in Freeland, but Celia soon has to return to Shadowland, as she cannot stay in the real world for too long at one time otherwise she will cease to exist. The other children share horrific stories of the regime - particularly of The One Who Is The One, who seems to possess magical abilities of his own, as he is able to vaporize people. They visit the City of Progress, an example of what the New Order wants the world to be like, where they quickly discover that magic is harshly persecuted. However, Whit and Wisty wish to search for their parents, and refuse to stay in Freeland, even when, upon revealing the extent of their magical abilities, they are told that they are the Liberators spoken of in a prophecy about the end of the New Order.

When Whit and Wisty begin to plan their new mission to take down the regime, Byron, still in weasel form, says he wants to go with them. Wisty initially refuses, calling him a "hateful,traitorous, black-hearted naysayer". Byron-weasel insists that he has changed, and even apologizes for his terrible behaviour while Whit and Wisty were in jail. Whit finally allows Byron to come along with them.

While starting on their next mission, they feel an area they are passing looks familiar and set off to explore it. The pair come across the site of their old house, which has now been demolished. It is now only open countryside. Their parents use magic to communicate with them, and help them to transform the drumstick and book into a magic wand and spellbook. Wisty's mother then changes Byron back to human form and orders him to look after them. The novel ends with her urging the reader to go out and live and promising they'll hear from her again. "I promise. And I'm a scary witch who keeps her promises."

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Wow, that seems like a great book.
I've read some books of James Patterson's, it seems like he doesn't use much detail. Is it different in this series?