Castle in the Air (World of Howl, #2)

by Andrew D Jones and Diana Wynne Jones

A magical Arabian Nights tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howl’s Moving Castle.

Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air… or is it?

Abdullah’s day-dreams suddenly start to come true when he meets the exquisite Flower-in-the-Night, daughter of the ferocious Sultan of Zanzib. Fate has destined them for each other, but a bad-tempered genie, a hideous djinn, and various villanous bandits have their own ideas. When Flower-in-the-Night is carried off, Abdullah is determined to rescue her – if he can find her.

• ISBN13: 9780006755302
• Publish Date: 10 February 2000 (first published May 1990)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.co.uk

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

This is a sequel to Howls Moving Castle but is pretty much standalone (there are bits near the end that make more sense if you've read the previous story but a lot of it's inferred.

Abdullah is a carpet merchant and dreamer and one day a carpet allows him to visit the princess Flower-in-the-Night and they fall in love. While Abdullah makes plans for their elopment the princess is stolen by a Genie starting Abdullah on the adventure of a lifetime.

It's fun, enjoyable and light.