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    Tuesdays at the Castle

    Written by Jessica Day George

    Narrated by Suzy Jackson

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    A magical castle with a life of its own, and a plucky princess who will defend it at all costs…
    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. When the king and queen disappear, a secret passageway appears. 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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJun 5, 2014
    ISBN9781471264245
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    Jessica Day George

    JESSICA DAY GEORGE is the New York Times bestselling author of the Tuesdays at the Castle series, the Twelve Dancing Princesses series, and the Dragon Slippers trilogy. Originally from Idaho, she studied at Brigham Young University and worked as a librarian and bookseller before turning to writing full-time. She now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and their three young children. www.jessicadaygeorge.com @jessdaygeorge

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    • 4/5
      Princess Celie lives in a magic castle that expresses its will by creating new rooms, moving stairways, stretching halls, and even ejecting people it doesn't like. The castle seems to like Celie best of all and she pleasantly spends her time exploring and mapping its ever changing layout until tragedy strikes when Celie's parents and oldest brother go missing. Celie and her remaining brother and sister are certain they are still alive but the kingdom's Council refuses to believe them. The Council insists on enacting its plan to put the heir on the thrown but to control him by forcing a regency. Celie quickly finds out that there is even more to the Council's plan which involve an exiled foreign prince. Together the castle, Celie and her siblings must fight against the Council until their parents return. Imaginative and delightful my only compliant is that I would have liked more of a follow up for an ending. It's hard to picture a sequel, but I hope I am wrong.
    • 5/5
      I don't read Middle Grade books often because they often feel like they are explicitly aimed at an audience without much vocabulary. (I think this qualifies as a Middle Grade?) This book, however, didn't give me that impression, and was an entirely enjoyable book to read as an adult despite its target audience being much younger than me. Two thumbs up!
    • 5/5
      This is the best book ever!
      Jessica Day George is such a talented writer this series is great for boys and girls my brother and I love listening to these books!!!
    • 5/5
      What a great adventure in a fascinating world. Castle Glower might be the greatest place ever to live. Imagine a castle that adds rooms whenever it wants to. Celie is the youngest child of King Glower the 79th and his Queen. She is the one who loves the castle best and delights in exploring and mapping all the changes that it goes through. She is 11. When the King and Queen leave to attend their oldest son's graduation from wizard school, Celie is sad to be left behind with her sister Lilah and brother Rolf. But the children are even more distressed when their parents don't return and are presumed dead. When emissaries arrive from two of the nearest countries and the Council seems to be pushing Rolf aside, Celie is determined to do something.Prince Khelsh from Vhervhine is clearly up to something and the Council is going along with it. Rolf is the heir to the throne but is only 14. The Council decides to set up a Regency to last for ten years and appoints Prince Khelsh to be on the Council. Celie and Castle Glower need to find a way to continue the search for her parents and to keep Rolf safe from the plotting of the Council. Luckily they are up to the task.This was an exciting story with well-drawn characters. There was a lot of action and adventure. I recommend it to middle grade fantasy lovers.
    • 4/5
      This book a great read! I haven't read it in a while, but I do remember it being a little slow, but other than that it was great!
    • 5/5
      Castle Glower has always decided who the next reigning king will be. It simply moves the future king’s room next to the throne room. That’s because Castle Glower has a life and magic all its own. If it likes you, it might make your room more comfortable or move you to a desirable location in the castle. If it doesn't like you, then it may make your furniture smaller or it could order the doors in your room to disappear. Any number of things could happen! That's why Princess Celie has been spending so much time mapping the ever changing palace. So many people get lost because things are constantly shifting, luckily the castle always helps her get where she's going. Everyone agrees that the castle likes her best. Celie’s father, King Glower the seventy-ninth, has been king for a while, and his son, Rolf, is next in line to the thrown (thanks to the castle moving his room). When her oldest brother graduates from wizarding school her parents leave to attend, and everything changes. After they are believed to be dead, Rolf must take over his position as the new king, but many other people want this position as well. Who will the castle choose? Can the two main king contenders who come to the castle be trusted? What will happen when a spell is cast? You must read this exciting adventure to find out what happens!

      I have wanted to read Tuesday's at the Castle by Jessica Day George since I first saw the cover. It looked enchanting, and I was intrigued to find out what the story was about. I loved the idea of rooms that change and grow in a castle that was full of surprises. The main character, Princess Celie, is so kind and clever that I felt like I knew her. She would be such fun to be friends with! Celie’s love for the castle came through and made me want to explore the passageways with her. The atlas she's creating sounds like a lot of work, but it's also a smart idea. The story was full of magic, suspense, and characters that kept me reading on to find out what would happen next. I'd recommend this book to kids in grades third and up who love fantasy and who imagine a world where anything is possible. This is my first book by this author, but I look forward to reading more of her books. I'll definitely be reading the next story in the series.
    • 4/5
      (First of 5: Castle Glower series. Fantasy, children's)Castle Glower is semi-sentient to the extent it decides who the next ruler of the land of Sleyne will be. Sometimes it gets bored and adds new rooms, usually on Tuesdays, and the route between any two places inside the castle isn't always the same. Eleven year old Celie is the youngest of King Glower's children and she loves the castle; she is mapping the rooms in the castle so other people will be able to find their way around more easily. And when little Celie was sick, and the Castle filled her room with flowers, King Glower agreed with it. Everybody loved Celie, the fourth and most delightful of the royal children.Celie is the protagonist of the story (narrated in the third person) as the king and queen disappear while away on a journey and hostile forces try to take over the Castle.This was a thoroughly enjoyable book. There are some delightfully silly moments, such as the room with the bouncy floor that can only be reached through a fireplace which would appeal to children, although as an adult I might question some of the political decisions in the story. I did like the relationship between Celie and her siblings, which felt natural, and I liked the way people were thoughtful - obviously the Castle approved of them, too, because it made their rooms bigger and better furnished. The bad guys are maybe a little one dimensional, but that didn't detract from a children's book that was quick and easy to read.4****
    • 5/5
      Even though I was older than the target demographic when I read this, I still LOVED it! Simple, clean, happy fantasy! Would make a great read aloud!
    • 5/5
      Tuesdays at the Castle struck just the right note with me as I was reading it. Celie is an intelligent, spunky, delightful eleven-year-old, and is a delight to follow around. The writing is smart and crisp, and the pacing is excellent.
    • 4/5
      It's no ordinary castle. It has favorites. It rearranges itself. And someone's trying to map it.If your entertainment tastes run more to smiling, you'll like this one.
    • 5/5
      I absolutely loved this book. To me Castle Glower was almost like a character itself. On Tuesday’s in particular the castle would get bored and create a new and hidden room. For our main character, eleven year old Celie would be off exploring the new addition. When Celie’s oldest brother graduates Wizard school her parents go off for his graduation. This leaves siblings Celie, Rolf, and Lilah in the castle alone. Their parents are attacked on their journey and word gets back that they have been killed. As people from other lands come to pay their respect it becomes clear they are there also in the hopes of obtaining the kingdom. What they don’t realize is that this magical castle hasn’t changed anything in the king and queen’s suite and this lead the children to believe their parents are not dead. With the castle’s help they will defend their kingdom at all cost. This is a wonderfully, adventurous book to read. I really need to read the other books in the series.
    • 5/5
      Tuesdays at the Castle struck just the right note with me as I was reading it. Celie is an intelligent, spunky, delightful eleven-year-old, and is a delight to follow around. The writing is smart and crisp, and the pacing is excellent.Speaking specifically about the audiobook, I found Suzy Jackson's narration to be quite good, though occasionally it was hard to tell the male character voices apart. I liked how she paced things, and I am pleased to see that she has done the audio for the rest of the series as well. I like consistency like that.
    • 4/5
      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 Castle had repeatedly steered the old king's barber to the throne room via a changing series of corridors for days until the Royal Council had him declared the next king, while the young man who should have been Glower the Seventieth found himself head-down in a haystack after having been forcibly ejected from the Castle through the water closet.- Chapter 1 This is an exceptional book. I love Princess Celie's character. She is strong and independent and she believes in the castle's magic more than anyone. She trusts in the castle and knows it will protect her. All three of the children are great characters. It is pretty obvious that some of the characters have nefarious plans and others aren't so evident. Throughout the book, I was pretty sure I knew how it would end, but along the way, there were a few surprises. Recommended to:Ages 9-12; readers who like magic; the castle being "alive" is great fun!
    • 4/5
      This is a very fun, sweet book! It grabbed my attention from the very start and if I have children of my own someday this will be a book I recommend to them. The narrator did a wonderful job, I didn't find her voice annoying at all. The main character was a strong and capable young girl but didn't throw her independence in your face. Her family believed in her and I loved that the castle was magically alive! I will totally be reading more books in the series!
    • 5/5
      Tuesday's at the Castle is a fairy tale book that is fiction. It was about a girl's parents who went off to her brother's graduation. While the parents are gone other people try to take over the castle. The castle shrinks or expands on Tuesdays. At the end of the book Celia saved the Castle because she had studied the castle and knew what to do in the type of situation that she was in. Her parents ended up returning to the castle alive. It is a great book for boys or girls, but I feel it would be more appealing to a girl since it is more of a fairy tale. I enjoyed the book and would recommend it for students grades 4-8.
    • 3/5
      This book allows the reader to use his or her imagination and explore a fantasy world. When reading this story, the reader has to really concentrate on the actions or events happening in the story, and what trouble or circumstances those events may bring later. This book is thrilling and once readers start the book, they do not want to put it down. This book may encourage readers to have imaginations of their own and turn their own homes into a “Castle Glower.” I highly recommend this book because it allows students' imaginations guide them. Students are sure to get swept away in the storyline of this book, as did I.
    • 4/5
      There can be many themes applied to this story. One, family is the most important thing and can never be replaced. Celie says, “It means that Father isn’t dead” (47). Celie may not have hard evidence supporting that her family is still alive but with the help of her friend the castle she is convinced not to give up on what matters, family.
    • 5/5
      This book is about a young princess, Celie, whose parents and oldest brother are attacked while on a journey and are presumed to be dead, leaving Celie and her older sister and [youngest] older brother alone to defend their magical castle and kingdom against an evil prince and a treasonous royal council until their parents and brother are found.I would recommend this book to boys and (especially) girls because it is an interesting, unique story that encourages young people that if they do the best they are able to and show courage, they can do great things.
    • 3/5
      This is a great book, if people are into magic and castles and that kind of stuff. It is a very good book, with a great story line. It keeps the reader interested and invested in the story. Tuesdays at the castle can appeal to a range of different people. It has magic and fighting and love all twisted into one book, so there are many different elements that people could like about the book.
    • 4/5
      Tuesdays at the Castle, written Jessica Day George, is about a magical castle that changes its room and format of the house daily to help out the Royal Family. Celie is the castle’s favorite of the royal family. It shows her all kinds of secret passages and leads her to discover of the evil Councils plan to take the castle over by killing her parents and her brother. The theme of this book is faith. Celie had to have faith in the Castle to help her find out the Council’s secrets and also to escape and hide from them. She also had to have faith that her parents were still alive and that everything would end up back to normal. This book is an easy read and would get the interest of most middle school students. I would recommend this book to any teacher and children, it even sparked my interest as a college student.
    • 3/5
      Jessica Day George is an American author, who currently lives in Utah. She is a New York Times best selling author. She received the 2007 Whitney Award for Best Book by a New Author. Her book, Tuesdays at the Castle, is an outstanding book for young readers. Since the Mississippi Magnolia Award is nominated by students, this book has a great chance to receive a nomination. The book is easy to read, easy to understand, and easy to get attached to. The overall message that is sent to students through this book is the idea of bravery and standing up for what you believe in. Students tend to love books about castles and fair tales, so Tuesdays at the Castle has all the potential to receive the Mississippi Magnolia award. Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie’s favorite days, and they can be somewhat confusing for other people in the Castle. This is because, on Tuesdays, the Castle adds a new room, a new hallway, a new staircase, or sometimes even an entire new wing. No one ever knows what the Castle will do next, but Celie pays close attention and maps out everything she knows about the Castle, which comes to be of great assistance when her parents are in danger. It is up to Celie and her siblings to protect the throne of their parents, the king and queen.Castle Glower can easily be argued as the main character of this story, although the Castle isn’t necessarily stated as a character. Castle Glower, along with the help of Celie, Rolf, and Lylah, all come together in a time of need to save King Glower the seventy-ninth and the queen’s throne. The evil Prince Khelsh will let nothing stand in his way of being the King of Sleyne.The overall theme of Tuesdays at the Castle is to show students that, although you may be young or small, everyone can make a difference. Celie was only eleven-years-old, but she was very brave and stood up to Prince Khelsh and protected her family. Although you may be young or small, bravery is one of the biggest things in the world, and sometimes that’s all it takes.
    • 3/5
      Tuesdays at the Castle is written by Jessica Day George. The story follows the lives of three royal kids Celie, Rolf, and Lilah as their kingdom is being take over by a prince from a neighboring kingdom due to the death of their parents. This will provide readers with an adventure and peak curiosity to see how the kids will save the kingdom.The story centers around the the kids of King Glower the seventy ninth, Celie, Rolf, and Lilah. When the King and Queen of Castle Glower are claimed dead, a visiting prince, Prince Khelsh, coming to pay respects to the kids plots to take his place as the next heir of the castle. Celie takes the lead by spying on Prince Khelsh and figuring out what it is that the Prince is up to.I think that a major theme is just the magical essence that the book just has incorporated into it and the creativity that the kids have to be able to accomplish the plans that they have to make sure that Prince Khelsh is not successful in becoming heir to the throne. The The kids must figure out the plan and stop him. Celine leads the spying on the prince as he develops his plan to take the throne by using a cloak to spy on all the meetings he has with the elders of the council to convince the acting King Rolf to make it official on documents that Prince Khelsh will be the next Prince. Celie is able to get her siblings to escape the castle, grab the crown, and get rid of Prince Khelsh.Jessica Day George has written more books with the title similar to Tuesdays at the Castle like Thursdays with the Crown and Wednesdays in the Tower. Wednesday in the Tower is the sequel to Tuesdays at the Castle.Summary: In order to restore peace for the castle and its future, Celine leads the spying on the prince as he develops his plan to take the throne by using a cloak to spy on all the meetings he has with the elders of the council to convince the acting King Rolf to make it official on documents that Prince Khelsh will be the next Prince. Celie is able to get her siblings to escape the castle, grab the crown, and get rid of Prince Khelsh.“Isn’t Prince Khelsh the mean one?” This was Celie’s initial thought when Prince Khelsh arrived at Castle Glower. This quote would be carrying a lot more weight as the story develops for the reader. As the story continues Celie tells her siblings “It keeps showing me this room”. This quote emphasizes the castle displaying its control in the story and magical aspect of the entire novel.This book has some strong scenes describing violence, yet it has that magical aspect and the creativity the characters develop in their plan to save the castle. So, the book does really well in attracting emotion from the reader, while maintaining adventure from beginning to end, and creating plot twists.
    • 5/5
      Author: Jessica Day George Summary: Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the castle adds a new room or sometimes even an entire wing! No one ever knows what the castle will do next, and no one-other than Celie takes the time to map out the new additions. But when King and Queen Glower are ambushed while traveling and their whereabouts are unclear, it's up to Celie, with her knowledge of the castle's never-ending and always-changing twists and turns, to protect their home and save their kingdom. Celie’s courage is put to the test when a new prince tries to take over Castle Glower and the kingdom. Characters: Castle Glower and the Glower family, made up of King and Queen Glower, Lilah, Rolf, Celie, are the main characters. Some other characters include: Khlesh, the Emissary, and Pogue. Theme: The theme of this story focuses on fantasy and supernatural events. This story appeals to readers with imaginative and creative minds.Plot: Celie is the youngest of the King and Queen Glower’s four children. They live in a magical castle that grows and shrinks, depending on the apparent whim of the Castle itself. It chooses the king by giving him a stately bedroom near the throne room or kicks people out by giving them small, uncomfortable rooms or just physically kicks them out. The Castle is always changing, but mostly these changes happen on Tuesdays. The royal family knows the rules for navigating it, but Celie knows the Castle the best. The king and queen leave the Castle to attend Bran’s graduation from the College of Wizardry. Bran is their oldest son, but the Castle made the second born son, Rolf, the heir. The king and queen are attacked by bandits on their return home to the Castle, and only the royal carriage and one wounded soldier, Avery, return. The Council claims that the king and queen are dead, and press to crown Rolf king and then appoint the Council as Regents, acting on his behalf for the next ten years. Although only 14 years old, Rolf is competent enough to rule as king, but he believes the king and queen are not dead because the Castle has not changed their room or turns his room into the royal bedroom. In fact, everything is just as it had been. The Royal Chambers were still the same size and in the same place, as was Rolf’s room. The Council appoints an evil prince from another kingdom, Khelsh, to the Council, and tries to force Rolf to make Khelsh his heir. Rolf, Lilah, Celie, and their friend Pogue, a handsome boy who came to flirt with Lilah when he heard the news of the king and queen’s fate, try to find Bran and the king and queen while holding the kingdom together, all with the help of the Castle. Khelsh uses the wizards from his land to find a spell that puts the Castle to sleep and then takes over the Castle, knowing the Glower children were virtually helpless without it on their side. It takes all three children using all of their wits to protect the kingdom and the Castle until their parents return. Setting: This story in its entirety takes place in Castle Glower or on its grounds. Significant specific settings include the Spyglass Tower, the kitchens, and the throne room.
    • 3/5
      The author is Tuesdays at the Castle is Jessica Day George, who is a young American author who focuses her writing towards children. She generally writes adaptations of classic fairytales and gears them toward young readers. She has received many positive reviews from various critics and has several series published. There are many characters in Tuesdays at the Castle, but the main character in Princess Cecelia, also known as Celie. She truly loves her family, her kingdom, and her castle, and proves that love and friendship can never silence a bond between friends. Other characters, such as Princess Lilah and Prince/King Rolf, are included in the action and we see how they interact with Celie and the Castle when obstacles come their way and try to take over the Kingdom. Other characters that take a nasty turn are the trusted Emissary, and the not-so-trusted Prince Khelsh. The characters appear in the story and the royal children learn how to rely on each other and the Castle to make it through the seemingly-impossible situations. The plot of the book is that the royal children, Celie, Lilah, and Rolf, find out terrible news that shakes their lives and their precious Kingdom. As they find out that many of their trusted elders are actually against them and plan to take over the Kingdom, they must rely on each other to bring them down and bring Castle Glower and the Kingdom back to its glory. A theme of this book is the theme of love and friendship, and how even through opposition, love and friendship always prove to overcome evil. Celie and her siblings experience this multiple times throughout the book, and especially at the end, when the final battle happens. The setting of this book is in a magical Kingdom where their precious Castle Glower is actually magical and alive. The Castle moves and takes a particular liking to the young princess Celie. The family lives in this Castle and experiences the magic of moving rooms and the magic of love and friendship. Tuesdays at the Castle is about a royal family who faces extreme opposition when the King and Queen take a journey to see their oldest son graduate from Wizardry School. The younger three children, Rolf, Lilah, and Celie, and devastated to find out that their family was attacked on the way home by a team of assassins and have been killed. Slowly but surely, the people that were the closest and most trusted of the royal family turn against them in their own hunger for power and glory. The Royal Council attempts to take over all of Castle Glower, and Celie, Lilah, and Rolf have to band together to keep their Kingdom afloat and in the hands of the good. They face many obstacles and have to rely on love and friendship to make it through the terrible times.This is shown when Rolf says, “If there were any doubts in my heart, the Castle would expose them. And if I were not a fit king, the Castle would have rejected me. But since it has not, I take up the crown and scepter that Castle Glower has been gracious enough to grant to me.” (88-89).This is also shown when Rolf tells Celie, “The Castle caught you,”…… “No one has ever seen anything like it. The stones seemed to go soft under you, and you were lying there like an empress in a bed of silk when we reached you.” (222)This book has an interesting storyline and keeps students engaged in the storyline, wondering what will happen next. This book also does a great job of incorporating language that students may not come into contact with on a regular basis and helps to grow their language and vocabulary. While this book has great educational value, it also is a fun read for students and would be something that students would enjoy.
    • 3/5
      Characters:Celie is the main character is this story. She is an 11 years old girl with a very stubborn, determined, and curious mindset alongside of a sassy attitude towards the regency. She is the most insightful about the Castle and collects the Castles’ secrets. Lilah is the older sister who is more of a realist than Celie. She has a major crush on Pogue, but too prideful to admit it and is very motherly towards Celie. Rolf, on the other hand, is their brother who always tries to stay strong for his sisters and to maintain respect with his royal title. The Castle is alive and magical! It is on the Glower family’s side and defends them against the mischief and evil plots of the council. The Castle favors Celie and tells her its secrets to give the children an upper hand against the regency. King and Queen Glower are the honest and loyal leaders to the royal thrown. Prince Khelsh is power-hungry and seeks to take over the thrown and overrule Prince Rolf. The council is corrupt and unjust in their betrayal against the royal Glower family. Pogue is a handsome man who gets plenty of attention from females, including Princess Lilah. He is the messenger who went to look for King Glower, Queen Glower, and Prince Bran, and came back to deliver positive news of their safety. He is loyal to the Glower family and assists Rolf, Celie, and Lilah in their quest to overthrown the regency. Prince Bran is the oldest royal son of the Glower family who is off at the College of Wizards. Prince Lulath is a charming man in his twenties who catches the attention of Princess Celie’s.Theme: magic, family, royalty Setting: in the magic castle within different roomsGenre: Fantasy Summary: The story is about a royal family and a magic castle. Princess Lilah, Prince Rolf, and Princess Celie are given terrible news that their parents have had an accident and will not return to their children. Lilah, Rolf, and Celie struggle to fight the lack of authority in their own home. Celie has a close bond with the Castle which helps them stay in tune with the regency’s newest scheme to take over the thrown. With high hopes, they never stop awaiting the return of the loyal and honest King and Queen of Glower!
    • 4/5
      This book is great for both boys and girls! It has that action and mystery that boys like but at the same time it is the princess and castle that every girl loves! It keeps the reader thinking what's going to happen next and who's guilty of the missing royalty! It encourages independent reading skills. It makes the child soon appreciate reading and possibly letting it become he or she's new hobby. It has a great scheme to being a book that your child will not want to put down. It starts off with a clever princess who lives in a castle full of magic. Suddenly tragedy strikes the kingdom and the children nor castle know what to do. What will happen next? Will the children be able to save the kingdom! Get this book and find out!
    • 4/5
      Introduction: Tuesdays at the Castle, written by Jessica Day George, is about a magical castle, a royal family, and their uncertain future. Published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens, this mystery/ suspense fantasy appeals to not only younger ages, but also to older ages looking for an entertaining read. Theme: In my opinion, the theme of this book is unity. Throughout the entire book, the Glower children had to work together with the help of the castle and a few allies to protect the castle and the land of Sleyne.Plot: A malicious prince and disloyal council pay assassins to kill King and Queen Glower on their way back from their eldest son’s graduation. In doing this, the prince hopes to rule the land of Sleyne and its people. Summary: Princess Celie loves Castle Glower, and the castle loves her back. The castle can love her back? Yes it can because this is no conventional castle. Castle Glower has an opinion about every person that enters the castle, and it’s been rumored the castle can make decisions as to who can and can’t stay in the castle. What is even more amazing, the castle is always changing, adding a new staircase or secret passageway or even a room to hide in. When the king and queen are professed murdered and Celie's brother, Rolf, becomes king, the Glower children need the castle more than ever. Are their parents truly dead? Who can they trust? Treason, betrayal, and heart ache are in store for this family. Will they get a happy ending?
    • 3/5
      I never really liked this book because it was so hard to jump right into and indulge myself in. It is fantasy so that would make it appeal to young readers, however it goes very slow. I feel at times the author puts unnecessary things in the book that prolong the reading of the book. This book would definitely suit a reader in fifth grade because it does have some hard vocabulary as well as scenes in the book to digest. This is a chapter book and not a picture book, so children below fifth grade level probably should not read this book. Although it had some suspenseful moments overall this book was very dull and dry, and not the best book in the world to recommend to a student if he or she does like fantasy books.
    • 4/5
      I did like this book once I finished it; whenever I started the book, it was a little difficult for me to get interested in. The beginning of the book was a tad slow and hard to get involved in. As I read more into the book, I started getting very curious and interested in what was about to happen. There was a major mystery concept to the book. Once it got going it was a big attention getter. The book always had me on my toes wondering what would happen next. I would definitely recommend this book for kids because it is more than just a picture book, but it is still an easy read. Every kid needs a mystery book to keep them interested in it and to keep them reading, and I feel that this book does a great job at that.
    • 3/5
      Character:Celie, the youngest daughter of the King and Queen, is the main character of the book. The castle helps her in times of need, and she spends most of her time exploring the castle and mapping it onto paper. Lilah is the oldest daughter of the royal family and the most responsible. She looks after her siblings while her parents are gone and acts as a caregiver to Celie when she is scared. Rolf is the younger son and the heir to the throne. It is his duty to step up when his parents are gone and protect the kingdom and castle.Plot: The author begins by explaining how the castle grows and changes and also introducing the reader to the main characters. This helps establish the setting and allows the reader to get to know some background information before the main story begins. The author then goes on to explain that the King and Queen are leaving to attend the graduation of the oldest sibling Bran, but the other children must stay at the castle. After a few days, Sergeant Avery returns to tell them their parents have been killed, so Rolf is required to become king since he is the heir to the throne. The three royal children are doubtful of their parents’ death and plan to work together to find out if they really were killed. They also discover that the council is not on their side, so they team up with a few others to solve the mystery and put a stop to the council’s plans for taking over the kingdom. Theme: The theme of the book is bravery and trustworthiness. The three siblings are required to be brave throughout the book and fight against those who are trying to take over the kingdom. They also must trust in each other and find out who they can trust in the castle since many of the people who they believed they could trust before turned out to be traitors. Setting: The story takes place in Castle Glower, which is located in the Kingdom of Sleyne. Some of the neighboring kingdoms include Vhervhine and Grath. Summary: Celie, Lilah, and Rolf, three siblings of a royal family, team up along with a few other friends to save Castle Glower and the kingdom of Sleyne. They are required to battle through several obstacles and must find a way to stop their kingdom from being taken over. Personal Opinion:I believe this book has high literary quality, but I personally did not like the book because the subject did not appeal to me. I believe it would appeal most to children who are interested in castles and princesses. It can be a very enjoyable book to children interested in mysteries too because the book focuses on the children trying to determine what happened to their parents. Overall, I think this was an okay book. I would recommend it to children who love stories about castles and mysteries.