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: Lily Angorian, Witch of the Waste, Wizard Howl, Calcifer, Michael Fisher, Sophie Hatter
genres: Middle Grade, Adventure, Audiobook, Childrens, Young Adult, Magic, Fantasy, Classics, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 325794
places: Ingary, Wales, 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: ACE Charter