By Dyanna Wynnne Jones http://www.leemac.freeserve.co.uk/
Written and Directed by Hayao Miyazaki http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/
Published Tokuma Shoten, Japan, 2004
ISBN 978-1-4215-0092-8
Paint, ink, digital
Annotation
Sophie is a cleaning lady in the magician, Howls, castle. She lives in Howls castle with the many secrets. War around her rages as she struggles to save herself and new friends, and figure out Howls mysterious secrets.
Personal Reaction
This book is as hot as the vampires in Eclipse. Teens are going to crush out on Howl, I know I did! He is so mysterious and confused, dark and broody, all the while just worried about protecting sweet Sophie, sigh...The difference between the Eclipse character...Bella and Howls castle star, Sophie is that Sophie is proactive, and really she is the one that saves everyone in the story! She is strong, smart and dealing with her own problems, not making others deal with them for her. I love this romantic, strange, psychedelic book. It is also one of the few books that you want to reread, even after you have seen the identical movie. It's amazing, like an investment in entertainment.
Core Collection
**Graphic Novel: Manga
**onomatopoeia ugh, hmm, and other Japanese writing depicting the sounds of the castle moving around
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