Catriona fixed him with her most powerful look. “Quentin,” she said, “that won’t do. He talked about Archer, not Mountjoy. Explain.”

About the Author

In a career spanning four decades, award-winning author Diana Wynne Jones (1934–2011) wrote more than forty books of fantasy for young readers. Characterized by magic, multiple universes, witches and wizards—and a charismatic nine-lived enchanter—her books were filled with unlimited imagination, dazzling plots, and an effervescent sense of humor that earned her legendary status in the world of fantasy. In addition to being translated into more than twenty languages, her books have earned a wide array of honors—including two Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honors and the Guardian Award—and appeared on countless best-of-the-year lists. Her best-selling Howl’s Moving Castle was made into an animated film by Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki and was nominated for an Academy Award. Diana Wynne Jones was also honored with many prestigious awards for the body of her work. She was given the British Fantasy Society’s Karl Edward Wagner Award in 1999 for having made a significant impact on fantasy, and she won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the World Fantasy Convention in 2007.

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Cover art © 2001 by Dan Craig

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Copyright

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Castle in the Air

Text copyright © 1990 by Diana Wynne Jones

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Jones, Diana Wynne.

Castle in the air / by Diana Wynne Jones.

cm.

“Greenwillow Books”

Summary: Having long indulged himself in daydreams more exciting than his mundane life as a carpet merchant, Abdullah unexpectedly purchases a magic carpet and his life changes dramatically as his daydreams come true and dangerous adventures become daily fare.

ISBN 978-0-06-147877-2 (pbk.)

EPub Edition © AUGUST 2012 ISBN: 9780062244550

[1. Fantasy] I. Title.

PZ7.J684Cau    1991

90-30266

[Fic]—dc20  CIP    AC

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