House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones Drawing

House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones DrawingA chaotically magical sequel to Howls Moving Castle. Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland and his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to name but a few. By opening that door, Charmain is now also

written by award-winning author Chae Strathie

and baby brother flee for their lives

and beyond

embarking on an adventure packed with pirate ships and puppets

and whose inhabitants are twice as intelligent as human beings

seen through childlike

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mercenaries and

and movingly profound

then one day the wizard Gandalf and a band of dwarves arrive unexpectedly and enlist his services – as a burglar – on a dangerous expedition to raid the treasure-hoard of Smaug the dragon

and has catalogued many secrets of the Hidden Folk in her encyclopaedia with her infuriatingly charming fellow scholar

25+ foes to fight