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Castle in the Air

By: Diana Wynne Jones
Narrated by: John Sessions
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Read by John Sessions.

A high spirited Arabian Nights fantasy, the dazzling sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle.

Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air… or is it?

Abdullah’s day-dreams suddenly start to come true when he meets the exquisite Flower-in-the-Night, daughter of the ferocious Sultan of Zanzib. Fate has destined them for each other, but a bad-tempered genie, a hideous djinn, and various villanous bandits have their own ideas. When Flower-in-the- Night is carried off, Abdullah is determined to rescue her – if he can find her.

©1990 Diana Wynne Jones Adaptations Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths Fantasy Fiction Growing Up & Facts of Life Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Comedy Destiny Dream

Critic reviews

“…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…”
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I thought it was interesting and fascinating it had adventures and even fire demons I got give it 8.7 out of 10

Wonderful!

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Loved the Story featuring Howl and Sophie, although with a whole new cast and different main characters, it still featured the original hero's in the Book. The book was absolutely amazing and hilarious with the different voices though for some of the characters could of been done better, but over all a great book from a wonderful author. Great listening to while walking around the streets.

Castle in the air

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It is one of the best books ever. A real thriller in fiction and fantasy.

Castle in the Air

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I had high hopes for part 2 of howls moving castle and in the end wasn't disappointed.
yes it takes a while to get going but the end is worth the wait!!

interesting

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I love the way that the characters from howls moving castle fitted in so seemlesly into the story it was amazing

Best book I have ever read/listened to!

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