Diana Wynne Jones
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Eldest of three sisters in a land where it is considered to be a misfortune, Sophie is resigned to her fate as a hat shop apprentice until a witch turns her into an old woman and she finds herself in the castle of the greatly feared wizard Howl.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Earwig enjoys life at St. Morwald's, where she manages to make everyone do her bidding, until she is taken in by a foster parents--who are actually a witch and a demon--and struggles to turn the situation to her advantage.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Aileen's family of magic makers includes Aunt Beck, the most powerful magician on Skarr, but her own magic does not show itself until a mission for the King and a magical cat help her find strength and confidence.
8) Hexwood
Author
Publisher
Harper Trophy
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Ann discovers that the wood near her village is under the control of a Bannus, a machine that manipulates reality, placed there many years ago by powerful extraterrestrial beings called Reigners.
Publisher
VIZ
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
This book is a collection of concept sketches, concept art, backgrounds, character designs (including painted versions), and still images for Hayao Miyazaki's animated film, Howl's Moving Castle, based on the book by Diana Wynne Jones. All concept sketches are by Miyazaki. Concept art and backgrounds are by the art staff supervised by art director. The background art and still imageds for this book were created from digital data. Scene images without...
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
When a witch's curse turns young Sophie into an old woman, she runs away from home. Soon she finds work as a cleaning woman in a moving castle belonging to the mysterious wizard Howl. A fire demon named Calcifer offers to remove Sophie's curse if she will help to free him from his magical contract with Howl.
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When a witch's curse turns young Sophie into an old woman, she leaves home and finds work as a cleaning woman in the moving castle of the mysterious wizard Howl. She makes a deal with Calcifer, a fire demon, to free him from his magical contract with Howl in return for which he will remove Sophie's curse.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
日本語
Description
A young woman named Sophie is cursed by the Witch of the Waste and is turned into an old woman who is unable to tell anyone of her plight. Unable to continue her job at her mother's hat shop, she goes to the ambulatory castle of the notorious wizard Howl and insinuates herself into his household. Sophie befriends Calcifer, the fire demon who powers the castle and who is bound to Howl by a contract, the terms of which Calcifer cannot reveal. They promise...
Author
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
When a witch's curse turns young Sophie into an old woman, she leaves home and finds work as a cleaning woman in the moving castle of the mysterious wizard Howl. She makes a deal with Calcifer, a fire demon, to free him from his magical contract with Howl in return for which he will remove Sophie's curse.
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Growing up in an orphanage in the British countryside, Earwig has no idea that her mother had magical powers. Her life changes dramatically when a strange couple takes her in, and she is forced to live with a selfish witch. As the headstrong young girl sets out to uncover the secrets of her new guardians, she discovers a world of spells and potions, and a mysterious song that may be the key to finding the family she has always wanted.