About the book: 2013 / The books of the English writer Diana W. Jones are so bright that they just beg to be shown on the screen. Based on her bestseller Howl's Moving Castle, the famous animator Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away), winner of the Golden Lion, the highest award of the Venice Film Festival, made an animated film that broke the box office record in Japan....Sophie lives in a fairyland where witches and mermaids, seven-league boots and talking dogs are commonplace. Therefore, when the terrible curse of the insidious Swamp Witch falls on her, Sophie has no choice but to turn to the mysterious sorcerer Howl, who lives in Howl's Moving Castle, for help. However, in order to free herself from the spell, Sophie will have to solve many mysteries and live in Howl's castle much longer than she expected. And to do this you need to make friends with a fire demon, catch a falling star, listen to the singing of mermaids, find a mandrake and much, much more..