Castle in the Air
- Published
- 1 January 1990
- Pages
- 298
- ISBN-13
- 9780613462389
- Type
- novel
About this book
Castle in the Air is the 2nd novel in Diana Wynne Jones's Howl's Moving Castle series, published in 1990 at 298 pages. It follows Howl's Moving Castle and precedes House of Many Ways in the reading order.
Key facts about Castle in the Air
Diana Wynne Jones wrote Castle in the Air, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1990. The book has 298 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780613462389 to find the main one.
Castle in the Air is book 2 of 3 in the Howl's Moving Castle series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Howl's Moving Castle (1986).
Additionally, Diana Wynne Jones writes The Dalemark Quartet and Chrestomanci as separate series. Those series sit on our fantasy shelf. Meanwhile, The Islands of Chaldea is the latest published Diana Wynne Jones book on file, from 2014.
About Diana Wynne Jones
Diana Wynne Jones was a British author who spent over four decades writing some of the most inventive fantasy fiction published for young readers, prized as much by adults as by children for prose that was witty, structurally daring, and never condescending. See every Diana Wynne Jones book in order.
Its place in Howl's Moving Castle
Castle in the Air is book 2 in the Howl's Moving Castle series. It follows Howl's Moving Castle. It is followed by House of Many Ways. See the full Howl's Moving Castle reading order.
Howl's Moving Castle opens with a curse: Sophie Hatter, resigned to a dull life running her late father's hat shop because she's the eldest of three sisters in a world where eldest siblings never have adventures, is turned into a ninety-year-old woman by the vain, powerful Witch of the Waste. Rather than despair, Sophie marches into the four-legged, smoke-belching, magically animated castle belonging to the vain, cowardly wizard Howl and installs herself as his cleaning lady, striking up a prickly bargain with…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780613462389