num_pages: 336
description: On a rare venture out from her step-mother's hat shop, Sophie attracts the attention of a witch, who casts a terrible spell transforming the young girl into an old crone.
language: English
title: Howl's Moving Castle
titlecomplete: Howl's Moving Castle (Howl's Moving Castle, #1)
characters: Calcifer, Michael Fisher, Wizard Howl, Witch of the Waste, Lily Angorian, Sophie Hatter
genres: Fiction, Magic, Adventure, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Romance, Classics, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 326080
places: Wales, Ingary, Porthaven
series: Howl's Moving Castle
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Phoenix Award (Children's Literature Association), awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
publisher: Turtleback Books