false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg 47520 16 <p>Abdullah was a young and not very prosperous carpet dealer. His father, who had been disappointed in him, had left him only enough money to open a modest booth in the Bazaar. When he was not selling carpets, Abdullah spent his time daydreaming. In his dreams he was not the son of his father, but the long-lost son of a prince. There was also a princess who had been betrothed to him at birth. He was content with his life and his daydreams until, one day, a stranger sold him a magic carpet.</p><p>In this stunning sequel to <i>Howl's Moving Castle,</i> Diana Wynne Jones has again created a large-scale, fast-paced fantasy in which people and things are never quite what they seem. There are good and bad djinns, a genie in a bottle, wizards, witches, cats and dogs (but are they cats and dogs?), and a mysterious floating castle filled with kidnapped princesses, as well as two puzzling prophecies. The story speeds along with tantalizing twists and turns until the prophecies are fulfilled, true identities are revealed, and all is resolved in a totally satisfying, breathtaking, surprise-filled ending.</p> 1003952 1990 Castle in the Air total:2042|5:445|4:805|3:650|2:120|1:22| 2042 7657 2830 205 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 4 3 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 16:46:16 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 19 20:36:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 5 2 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 27 11:48:51 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 11:50:56 -0800 2008 Howl's Moving Castle, with a Middle Eastern flavor. Even funnier, and guest-starring some familiar characters from the first book.

I particularly like these two novels because nothing in them is ever as it seems, and the twist endings are really amusing. Although this...more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 3 1 true Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 17:55:50 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 19:54:33 -0800 2008 more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 4 1 false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 11:44:32 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 12:03:38 -0700 2007 Howl's Moving Castle a little more exotic, with its placement in an Aladdin-esque country populated with merchants, camels, carpets (flying and otherwise), genie, djinn, and mysterious princesses. It's a terrific adventure, although probably more appreciated by the under-13 crowd. O...more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 3 0 false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 12:52:04 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 02 12:52:28 -0800 2009
Fans of the pr...more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 5 1 false Thu Sep 13 17:15:43 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 29 19:01:48 -0800 2007 Howl's Moving Castle first. And then go see t...more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 4 0 true Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 05:27:59 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 08:55:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1017819 0060298820 9780060298821 14 2 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180272469m/1017819.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1017819.Castle_in_the_Air 3 0 false Sat Feb 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 12:36:56 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 11:37:16 -0800 2009 1 Howl's Moving Castle. I spent the book looking for Sophie and Howl, and...well, technically they were there the whole time, but not in a recognizable way. Sophie wasn't really part of the story until most of the way thr...more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 5 1 false Fri Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 03:24:41 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 02:37:31 -0700 2009
That bein...more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 1 0 false Mon Aug 03 21:20:07 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 21:24:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 08:09:27 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 15:49:02 -0700 2009 once ...more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 3 0 false Tue Feb 17 20:16:14 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 18:18:08 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 20:16:15 -0800 2009 Howl's Moving Castle and wanted to find out what it was about exactly. I really enjoyed the HMC so was excited when I found out about this book. So far, I haven't noticed any of the same characters from the previous book but there is a castle in the air (hence th...more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 4 0 false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 13:53:56 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 13:35:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 0 0 false Sun Nov 23 17:21:32 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 17:25:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 3 0 false Sun Jan 18 00:47:02 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 00:47:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 3 0 true Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 27 17:32:17 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 25 06:26:41 -0800 2009 Anyway, here's what happen...more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 4 0 false Sun May 04 22:36:10 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 05 01:40:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 5 0 true Sun Oct 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 13:14:42 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 13:14:42 -0700 2009 Howl's Moving Castle, and I think that was the key to my enjoyment. Sophie and Howl do not turn up until the very end of the story, so any readers who are waiting for them to appear will likely skim over the majority of the story....more...]]> 47520 0064473457 9780064473453 1852 179 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170347718m/47520.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47520.Castle_in_the_Air 4 0 false Tue Feb 17 04:14:40 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 04:22:47 -0800 2009 2 Howl's Moving Castle. Across the books are hints of the last one (Ex: Howl's Picture, the only man that Flower Of The Night thought was handsome).
Apart from that, this next book introduces us to Abdullah (A Middle-Eastern Boy) whose most enchan...more...]]> 607704 0688096867 9780688096861 20 6 3.75 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1200081118m/607704.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607704.Castle_in_the_Air 4 0 false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 14:35:15 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 14:39:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=47520