A new look for one of Diana Wynne Jones' funniest & most popular novels. In the land of Ingary where seven league boots & cloaks of invisibility do exist Sophie Hatter catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste & is put under a spell. Deciding she has nothing more to lose she makes her way to the moving castle that hovers on the hills above 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 she meets Michael Howl's apprentice & Calcifer the Fire Demon with whom she agrees a pact. But Sophie isn't the only one under a curse
- her entanglements with Calcifer Howl & Michael & her quest to break her curse is both gripping
- & howlingly funny!