Howl’s Moving Castle (Paperback)
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Paperback)

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Paperback 320 Pages
Published: 05/03/2009
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Waterstones Says

Sophie Hatter becomes entangled with the Witch of the Waste, her intriguing apprentice and the fire demon Calcifer in this classic fantasy from the pen of the beloved Diana Wynne Jones.

In this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell...

Deciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above her town, Market Chipping. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girls...

There Sophie meets Michael, Howl's apprentice, and Calcifer the fire demon, with whom she agrees a pact. Her entanglements with Calcifer, Howl and Michael and her quest to break her curse come alive with Diana Wynne Jones's unique combination of magic, humour and imagination.

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007299263
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 230 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

“Imaginative and terribly funny ”Michael MorpurgoTHE TELEGRAPH – 100 Best Books a Child Should Read “Wit and humor glint from the pages"THE HORN BOOK Praise for Diana Wynne Jones “…Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones’s most outrageous plots to her readers’ hopes and fears…”Publishers Weekly “Diana Wynne Jones ought to be crowned with coloured garlands because she is the best writer of magical fantasy for children in this country ” Evening Standard “Diana Wynne Jones could teach Stephen King and JK Rowling a thing or two … [she] has a skill for inserting just the right amount of detail in her written words, leaving you satiated but not stuffed.” SFX

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“Howl's Moving Castle”

Howl's Moving Castle is an enchanting fairytale with a healthy dose of post-modern cynicism and wonderful humour thrown in. Sophie, expert hat-maker and the eldest of three sisters, is cursed by the dreaded Witch... More

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“A magical story”

This is a wonderful story that has been adapted into an amazing film by Studio Ghilbi. It tells the story of a young girl who manages to cross the wrong witch, who then goes on to meet a trapped fire demon, a turnip... More

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“Magically moving...see what i did there?”

Sophie Hatter has the misfortune of being the eldest of three sisters, destined to fail miserably if she was ever to seek her fortune. News begins to spread that the Witch of the Waste has once again been seen, but... More

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