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Loading... House of Many Ways (World of Howl, 3) (edition 2009)by Diana Wynne Jones (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Charmain Baker is your average, respectable, young lady. She isn't allowed to do anything by her mother. So when she gets volun-told that she's going to watch her great uncles house when he has to leave for a few day for a medical procedure, she finds herself in a situation she isn't up to handling. Lucky for her, her uncles young apprentice, Peter, shows up a few weeks early. Diana Wynne Jones is a great author for kids. She manages to write realistic children, kids who are smart, but young, plucky, but make stupid decisions. This book is no exception - we have a mystery of where the kings gold is. A boorish heir, who is not quite what he seems. Its cute. However, i'm not a fan of the Howl disguised as a child, but I would have loved this plotline as a kid. This was another family read-aloud, and it was generally well-liked by everyone. Not quite as good as Howl’s Moving Castle, but SO MUCH BETTER than Castle in the Air, in my opinion. I rather liked the supposedly spoiled Charmain, even though she seems to have rubbed a lot of other readers the wrong way. Who wouldn't want to yeet Peter out of the house to sit in the library and just read books? House of Many Ways introduces a new set of characters, much like Castle in the Air did. Charmain Baker is our hapless heroine who gets more than she bargained for when she house sits for her Great-Uncle William, who also happens to be the royal wizard. All she wants to do is read! She doesn't want to be caught up in magic and adventure! (As a joke, Charmain is often mistakenly called Miss Charming, which she is decidedly not.) Charmain’s little get away in her Great-Uncle’s house is interrupted by the arrival of Peter, a wizard apprentice who can’t do magic correctly. He’s there to study under Charmain’s wizard uncle, as arranged by his mother. Too bad Great-Uncle William has been carted off by elves to be treated for his illness. Now there are two hapless people living in a house that is more than it seems. House of Many Ways is another fun romp in the world DWJ's has created. If you’re looking for a book with great female leads who are more than just a Strong Female Characters trope, read this! no reviews | add a review
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When Charmain is asked to housesit for Great Uncle William, the Royal Wizard of Norland, she is ecstatic to get away from her parents, but finds that his house is much more than it seems. No library descriptions found. |
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I liked how each book was a bit different. I was sad to come to the end of my reading in this universe. ( )