Howl’s Moving Castle

· HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks · Narrated by Kristin Atherton
4.9
48 reviews
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8 hr 57 min
Unabridged
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About this audiobook

Now an animated movie from Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki, the oscar-winning director of Spirited Away

The beloved modern classic, released as an unabridged audiobook for the first time in 2019.

In the land of Ingary, where seven league boots and invisibility cloaks exist, young Sophie Hatter catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell . . .

Deciding she has nothing more to lose, Sophie makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above her town, Market Chipping. But the castle belongs to the dreaded Wizard Howl, whose appetite, they say, is satisfied only by the souls of young girls...

There Sophie meets Michael, Howl’s apprentice, and Calcifer the fire demon, with whom she agrees a pact. Her entanglements with Calcifer, Howl and Michael and her quest to break her curse come alive with Diana Wynne Jones’s unique combination of magic, humour and imagination.

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4.9
48 reviews
Lili
April 3, 2022
I'm obsessed with Howl's Moving Castle! This narrator is absolutely wonderful and I would love to hear her narrate more books. She has a lovely voice and is great at switching accents and conveying the emotions of the various characters! Excellent narration! Her voice for young Sophie reminds me a bit of the movie version. Love it!
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Unsraw King Pokémon
October 23, 2023
love the movie and Spirited away. might get the audiobook. also imagine writting a very coping review in 2017 seems like someone is a salty angry vegan
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Martin le Grand
March 1, 2024
Amazing book, especially coming from the movie. Kristin does an amazing job giving these characters a voice too!
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About the author

Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) spent her childhood in Essex and began writing fantasy novels for children in the 1970s. With her unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she enthralled generations of children and adults with her work. She won the Guardian Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book Award in 1981 and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.

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