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Howl's Moving Castle is a sweet and humorous book about a girl who has a spell placed on her by an evil witch. The spell changed the eighteen year old girl into a ninety year old lady. The bespelled girl finds herself finding shelter in the Wizard Howl's magical moving castle. She ends up convincing him to let her stay as a cleaning lady while she tries to find the secret that will break her curse. I really enjoyed this fun book. It was a quick read and the characters were a lot of fun. Although
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This one I definitely had read before, but I enjoyed it the second time as well.
Sep 27, 2012
Jessica
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it was amazing
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I cannot believe that it took me three years after buying this book to actually read it! I was thoroughly charmed by the story of Sophie all the way through. From meeting Howl himself (a most unlikely looking evil Wizard) to achieving the required happy ending, the book kept up the pace. The author (I confess, this is the first of her books I have read) has a gentle sense of humor that was never mean. I'm picky about fantasy, especially if aimed at younger readers. I would not hesitate to recomm
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