Sunday, November 21, 2010

Howl’s Moving Castle



By Diana Wynne Jones
(2005) 9781421500911

Reading the first volume of this tale will be so enjoyable and intriguing that many readers will be unable to resist the three volumes that complete this story.

We start with a heroine, Sophie, who considers herself destined for a routine and uninteresting future.  Sophie however is highly mistaken in this assessment.  In fact, the wicked Witch of the Waste feels that Sophie is such a threat that she turns Sophie into an old woman.  This witch is influenced in part by her suspicion that Sophie has had some contact with Howl, the wizard that the wicked witch is trying to hunt down.  In this first installment, the reader is made aware that Howl has had to be quite cleaver to escape several pursuers already.  To find out whether Howl and Sophie prevail, tune to the complete four volumes of this work.

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