书名：House of Many Ways 迷宫之屋

难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数830

作者：Diana Wynne Jones

出版社名称：Greenwillow Books

出版时间：2008

语种：英文

ISBN：9780061477973

商品尺寸：13 x 2.2 x 19.4 cm

包装：平装

页数：404

House of Many Ways《迷宫之屋》是英国幻想文学大师戴安娜·韦恩·琼斯所著的“城堡系列”第三部小说，也是哈尔的移动城堡三部曲之三。 推荐理由： 1.宫崎骏动画《哈尔的移动城堡》原著小说后续之作，不可不读； 2.用词浅显易懂，对词汇量要求较低，适合中学及以上水平的读者阅读； 3.印刷清晰，字体行间距较大，便于阅读，书本轻巧，方便携带。 Review“Diana Wynne Jones ought to be crowned with coloured garlands because she is the best writer of magical fantasy for children in this country” —Evening Standard“Diana Wynne Jones could teach Stephen King and JK Rowling a thing or two… [she] has a skill for inserting just the right amount of detail in her written words, leaving you satiated but not stuffed.” —SFX “Diana Wynne Jones is, quite simply, the best writer of magic there is, for readers of any age.” —Neil Gaiman “… Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels, a sense of urgency that links Jones’s most outrageous plots to her readers’ hopes and fears…” —Publishers Weekly“Truly magical—guaranteed to leave you gasping— even hotter than Potter” —The Bookseller

House of Many Ways《迷宫之屋》查曼·贝克知道，为生病的威廉巫师看房子可不是轻松的活儿。她要费力记住屋子迷宫似的结构，要替巫师应付吵吵闹闹的地精灵，要留心附近邪恶的怪物卢博克，要接待他的学徒彼得，还有一大堆衣服和碟子要洗！ 在看房子的同时，查曼还抽空去王家图书馆工作。她在那里遇到了巫师哈尔和他的家人，并答应帮助他们寻找失落的王室财宝和传说中的半精灵。一场围绕王位继承权的斗争开始了，而结局谁也不会料到…… When Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-uncle’s house, she thought she was getting blissful, parent-free time to read. She didn’t realize that the house bent space and time, and she did not expect to become responsible for an extremely magical stray dog and a muddled young apprentice wizard. Now, somehow, she’s been targeted by a terrifying creature called a lubbock, too, and become central to the king’s urgent search for the fabled Elfgift that will save the country. The king is so desperate to find the Elfgift, he’s called in an intimidating sorceress named Sophie to help. And where Sophie is, the great Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer won’t be far behind. How did respectable Charmain end up in such a mess, and how will she get herself out of it?

戴安娜•韦恩•琼斯（1934－2011）英国幻想小说作家，写作幻想小说已有三十多个年头。凭借漫无边际的想象力，她的故事糅合了精彩的情节，热情的幽默感，和动人的真理，为各年龄层的读者所喜欢。她的作品受到国际褒奖并获得了一系列荣誉，包括两次“波士顿环球报号角书奖”以及英国幻想协会卡尔•爱德华•瓦格纳奖——以肯定她在幻想文学领域的重大影响。日本动画家宫崎骏改编了《哈尔的移动城堡》，拍摄成一部动漫电影，获得了奥斯卡奖提名。 Diana Wynne Jones has been writing outstanding fantasy novels for more than thirty years and is one of the most distinguished writers in this field. With unlimited imagination, she combines dazzling plots, an effervescent sense of humor, and emotional truths in stories that delight readers of all ages. Her books, published to international acclaim, have earned a wide array of honors, including two Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honors, the British Fantasy Society’s Karl Edward Wagner Award for having made a significant impact on fantasy, and the World Fantasy Society Lifetime Achievement Award. Acclaimed director and animator Hayao Miyazaki adapted her international bestsellerHowl’s Moving Castle into a major motion picture, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

“Charmain must do it,” said Aunt Sempronia. “Wecan’t leave Great-Uncle William to face this on his own.” “Your Great-Uncle William?” said Mrs. Baker. “Isn’t he…” She coughed and lowered her voice because this, to her mind, was not quite nice. “Isn’the awizard?” “Of course,” said Aunt Sempronia. “But has…” Here she too lowered her voice. “He has a growth,you know, on his insides, and only the elves canhelp him. They have to carry him off in order tocure him, you see, and someone has to 1ook after hishouse.Spells, you know, escape if there is no onethere to watch them. And I am far too busy to do it. My stray dogs’ charity alone...” “Me too.We’re up to our ears in wedding cake orders this month,” Mrs. Baker said hastily. “Sam was saying only this morning.” “Then it has to be Charmain,” Aunt Sempronia decreed. “Surely she’s old enough now.” “Er…” said Mrs. Baker. They both looked across the parlor to whereMrs. Baker’s daughter sat,deepintoa book, as usual with her long, thin body bent into what sunlightcame in past Mrs. Baker’s geraniums, her red halt pinned up in a sort of birds’ nest, and her gasses perched on the end of her nose. She held one of her father’s huge juicy pasties in one hand and munched it as she read. Crumbs kept falling on her book, andshe brushed them offwith the pasty when they fell onthe page she was reading.