"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Long-standing devotees of this richly textured world, as well as new fans (who may have first encountered it through the 2005 animated film of Howl’s Moving Castle), will find that their third visit fulfills every expectation. Although all of these novels stand alone very nicely, certain nuances of the story will make more sense if you read the novels in sequence. Enriching this elaborate and satisfying comic fantasy are some delicious characters, including a little dog named Waif, who seems to be guarding Charmain young Peter, who arrives to become the wizard’s apprentice the elderly king and his mysteriously vanishing treasury the evil heir-apparent and a fearsome creature called a lubbock. House of Many Ways is Jones’ third novel featuring Howl and Sophie, following Howl’s Moving Castle from 1986 (also a movie adaptation made by Hayao Miyazaki in 2004) and Castle in the Air from 1990. She begins reading William’s books and discovers that she has inherited some of his gifts. When Charmain’s great-uncle William, the king’s Royal Wizard, falls deathly ill and is taken in by elves for a cure, Charmain is sent to look after William’s house, which is, indeed, a house of many ways and rooms and magic within. House Of Many Ways starts abruptly with sullen, bookish, spoiled teenager Charmain Baker being uprooted from her parents' house and tasked with looking after an ailing distant relative. 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. *Starred Review* It’s been a long time coming, but Jones has finally returned to the madcap world of Howl’s Moving Castle (1986) and Castle in the Air (1991) with an equally rollicking, enchantment-filled tale.
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