A truly magical castle...
Meet the castle that can build itself... and the children who will do anything to defend it.
-from the back cover
Whenever Castle Glower became bored, it would grow a new room or two.
- first sentence
Castle Glower picked kings based on some other criteria all its own... Legend had it that the Castle had repeatedly steered the old king's barber to the throne room via a changing series of corridors for days until the Royal Council had him declared the next king, while the young man who should have been Glower the Seventieth found himself head-down in a haystack after having been forcibly ejected from the Castle through the water closet.
- Chapter 1
This is an exceptional book. I love Princess Celie's character. She is strong and independent and she believes in the castle's magic more than anyone. She trusts in the castle and knows it will protect her. All three of the children are great characters. It is pretty obvious that some of the characters have nefarious plans and others aren't so evident. Throughout the book, I was pretty sure I knew how it would end, but along the way, there were a few surprises.
Recommended to:
Ages 9-12; readers who like magic; the castle being "alive" is great fun!
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