The Enchanted Castle

If we were in a book it would be an enchanted castle - certain to beWhen Jerry Jimmy and Kathleen are forced to spend their entire summer at school they dont imagine they will have a particularly interesting time. But thats before they stumble upon a mysterious castle set in beautiful abandoned gardens. Could this really be an enchanted castle? Don’t be a duffer there’s no such thing. But with the air thick with magic the sun blazing down and a maze hiding a sleeping girl at its centre the holidays might just be looking up...Includes exclusive content: In the Backstory you can find out more about the author and take the Enchanted Castlequiz!Vintage Children’s Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds and the adults in their lives. Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. Review ENesbit was the inventor of the modern childrens adventure story. Less well known thanFive Children and It orThe Railway Children this to my mind is her most imaginative book -- Julia Donaldson ―GuardianE. Nesbits bookThe Enchanted Castle included a terrifying scene in which the children put on a play and dress up some brooms and brushes in hats and coats as an audience. These creatures which they call the Ugly-Wugglies come to life clapping before chasing the children. I was chilled - I still find it chilling today -- Antonia Fraser ―Daily TelegraphDespite [Nesbits] fantastic plots which generally hinge on some highly imaginative form of magic - her books were among the earliest to portray kids from their own point of view. Nesbits best-known characters the independent-minded Bastable children jockey fiercely for position among themselves but they always unite in the face of adult intervention ―Washington Post About the Author Edith Nesbit was born in 1858. Her father died when she was only three and so her family moved all over England. Poverty was something she had known first hand both as a child and as a young married woman with small children. Like the Railway Childrens Mother she was forced to try and sell her stories and poems to editors. Her first childrens book The Treasure Seekers was published in 1899. She also wrote Five Children and It but her most famous story is The Railway Children which was first published in 1905 and it hasnt been out of print since. Edith Nesbit was a lady ahead of her time - she cut her hair short which was considered a very bold move in Victorian times and she was a founding member of a group that worked towards improvements in politics and society called The Fabian Society. She died in 1924.