House of Many Ways

✍ Scribed by Jones, Diana Wynne

• Book ID: 109728951
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 122 KB
• Series: Howl's Castle 3
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780061477959

✦ Synopsis

The sequel to Howl's Moving Castle

When Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-uncle's house, she thought she was getting blissful, parent-free time to read. She didn't realize that the house bent space and time, and she did not expect to become responsible for an extremely magical stray dog and a muddled young apprentice wizard. Now, somehow, she's been targeted by a terrifying creature called a lubbock, too, and become central to the king's urgent search for the fabled Elfgift that will save the country. The king is so desperate to find the Elfgift, he's called in an intimidating sorceress named Sophie to help. And where Sophie is, the great Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer won't be far behind. How did respectable Charmain end up in such a mess, and how will she get herself out of it?

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The sequel to Howl's Moving Castle

When Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-uncle's house, she thought she was getting blissful, parent-free time to read. She didn't realize that the house bent space and time, and she did not expect to become responsible for an extremely magical stray dog and a muddled young apprentice wizard. Now, somehow, she's been targeted by a terrifying creature called a lubbock, too, and become central to the king's urgent search for the fabled Elfgift that will save the country. The king is so desperate to find the Elfgift, he's called in an intimidating sorceress named Sophie to help. And where Sophie is, the great Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer won't be far behind. How did respectable Charmain end up in such a mess, and how will she get herself out of it?

From School Library Journal

Grade 510Sheltered teenager Charmain Baker is sent by her domineering great-aunt to house-sit for a distant relative, the royal wizard. She finds that his residence has myriad magical rooms and hallways and soon learns that there is trouble in the seemingly peaceful kingdom of High Norland. The treasury is disappearing, and no one knows where the money is going. Princess Hilda invites Sophie Pendragon, the main character from Howl's Moving Castle (1986), to come help solve the mystery, with her husband, Howl, disguised as an annoying preschooler, and the fire-demon Calcifer. A lubbock, one of Jones's more threatening magical creations, and its offspring, the lubbockins, threaten the kingdom, and it's up to Charmain and her nascent magical talentsand her new friendsto save the day. A whirlwind conclusion sets all to rights and leaves Charmain ready to start life outside of her parents' shadow. Sophie and Howl play background roles here, as in Castle in the Air (HarperCollins, 2001), but readers will find Charmain much to their liking as she develops from a girl who is unable to take care of herself into a proactive and adventurous young woman.Beth L. Meister, Pleasant View Elementary School, Franklin, WI

From Booklist

Starred Review Its been a long time coming, but Jones has finally returned to the madcap world of Howls Moving Castle (1986) and Castle in the Air (1991) with an equally rollicking, enchantment-filled tale. Although the Wizard Howl (this time in the guise of an irritating, lisping little boy); his feisty wife, Sophie; and Calcifer the fire demon play important roles, the story centers on Charmain, a bookish teen. When Charmains great-uncle William, the kings Royal Wizard, falls deathly ill and is taken in by elves for a cure, Charmain is sent to look after Williams house, which is, indeed, a house of many ways and rooms and magic within. She begins reading Williams books and discovers that she has inherited some of his gifts. Enriching this elaborate and satisfying comic fantasy are some delicious characters, including alittle dog named Waif, who seems to be guarding Charmain; young Peter, who arrives to become the wizards apprentice; the elderly king and his mysteriously vanishing treasury; the evil heir-apparent; and a fearsome creature called alubbock. Long-standing devotees of this richly textured world, as well as new fans (who may have first encounteredit through the 2005 animated film of Howls Moving Castle), will find that their third visitfulfills every expectation. Grades 6-9. --Sally Estes

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