Book description
A chaotically magical sequel to Howl's Moving Castle.
Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's
tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle
William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland and his house bends
space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places - the
bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to name
but a few.
By opening that door, Charmain is now also looking after an extremely
magical stray dog, a muddled young apprentice wizard and a box of the
king's most treasured documents, as well as irritating a clan of small
blue creatures.
Caught up in an intense royal search, she encounters an intimidating
sorceress named Sophie. And where Sophie is, can the Wizard Howl and
fire demon Calcifer be far behind? Diana Wynne Jones is recognised
internationally as a major writer of fantasy and in 2007 received a LIFE
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at the World Fantasy Convention. She has also won the
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award (twice) and the Guardian Award for CHARMED
LIFE. Her books have been translated into more than eighteen languages,
and her novel HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE was made into an animated film by
Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki. Diana lives in Bristol with her
husband, a professor of Early English literature.
