Castle In The Attic Book

A large magic castle and a knight waiting for the right person to release him from a spell.

Castle in the attic book.

The novel has won the dorothy canfield fisher children s book award and the california young reader medal. Sure enough when william picks up the tiny silver knight sir simon comes alive in his hand and tells william a mighty story of wild sorcery wizards and a kingdom in need of saving. It has also been nominated for twenty three state book awards. Her best known work is the castle in the attic which was nominated for twenty three state awards and won the won the dorothy canfield fisher children s book award the california young reader s medal and was named a children s choice by the international reading association.

A great grandniece of theodore roosevelt elizabeth lives in new york city. It s the mysterious castle his housekeeper has told him about and even though william is sad she s leaving now the castle is his. It s almost too real. William has just received the best present of his life an old real looking stone and wooden model of a castle with a drawbridge a moat and a fingerhigh knight to guard the gates.

The castle in the attic series 2 primary works 2 total works an american boy is entrusted with a family heirloom from his beloved english nanny before retiring to england. The castle in the attic is a children s fantasy novel by elizabeth winthrop and illustrator trina schart hyman first published in 1985.