Tuesdays at the Castle
Tuesday is Princess Celie's favourite day. Castle Glower magically grows a new room, a turret or sometimes an entire wing! No one quite knows how, or why, but luckily, Princess Celie has mapped out the Castle's many twists and turns.When the king and queen disappear and Councillors from...
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Tuesday is Princess Celie's favourite day. Castle Glower magically grows a new room, a turret or sometimes an entire wing! No one quite knows how, or why, but luckily, Princess Celie has mapped out the Castle's many twists and turns.When the king and queen disappear and Councillors from neighbouring kingdoms arrive to advise Celie, a new tower and a secret passageway appear just as Celie needs them. The Castle is definitely trying to tell her something. But it's down to Celie to find her parents, hold on to the kingdom and protect her home before it's too late. This page-turning adventure marks the launch of a series sure to delight fans of Jessica Day George and win her countless new ones.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781408831991
Publish date: March 2013
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Edition language: English
Series: Castle Glower (#1)
Meet the castle that can build itself... and the children who will do anything to defend it. -from the back cover Whenever Castle Glower became bored, it would grow a new room or two. - first sentence Castle Glower picked kings based on some other criteria all its own... Legend had it that the C...
This was going to be a high three stars for me, but the ending really sold me. It was edge-of-your-seat exciting, and also sweet, and also made me choke up just a little bit. And it was enough to tip me into four-star territory.I LOVE the idea of a sentient castle, which is what drew me to this book...
This is a charming book, and I enjoyed it very much. I loved everything about it: its cute cover, its fast-moving plotline, and its enchanting, inventive protagonist, eleven-year-old Princess Celie. I regret that I don’t belong to the book’s target audience – middle grade school children – any longe...
This is one of those books that makes me wish I had a teleport to deliver it to younger Maureen. I would have LOVED it at a certain age. As an adult reader, I found it a bit unsatisfying, although I appreciated the sibling relationships and loved the way the castle was a character in its own right.
Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George proves that middle-grade doesn’t mean dumbed-down adult stories. Tuesdays at the Castle is a marvelously enjoyable read for adults as well, with a fun new take on the living castle and four excellent royal children to save the day. I had such a fun time r...
9 years ago
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