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Howl's Moving Castle

by Diana Wynne Jones

Ages 10–13 Reading age 11 Novel Set in somewhere magical funnyepic

Turned into an old woman by a witch, Sophie marches into the castle of a wizard said to eat hearts and appoints herself his cleaner.

A story about children and witches and wizards, funny and epic in tone. We would put it with children of 10–13, and at a reading age of about 11 for reading alone.

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