[.ca] The Castle in the Attic (ISBN 0823405796)

The Best Book Ever:
The Castle in the Attic is full of adventure, it is thrilling, and funny. It was funny when Simon came alive. It was full of adventure when William went to defeat Alastar. It was thrilling when Alastar was turned into lead. You should read this book because it's exciting.

One of my favorites as a kid:
I loved this book when I was about eight years old, and looking back on it, it's easy to see why: William, the main character, is a gymnast (just as I was) who's rather shy and reserved (just as I was) but manages, when it's important, to help the people around him. He's immensely sympathetic and compelling, and though the familiar fantasyland and evil-wizard-ruling-a-faux-medieval-kingdom plotline hold few surprises for adult readers familiar with the conventions of the genre, it surprised and excited me as a kid. Re-reading it recently, I found it didn't hold up as well as some of my favorite books from when I was younger (such as Madeleine L'Engle's A Ring of Endless Light), but it holds up better than many; this is a strong book for both children and for adults. I have a hard time imagining a more perfect book for bed-time reading.

A great book that is worth reading again and again!:
. This book is about a boy named William whose nanny, Mrs. Phillips, is moving away to England and gives Willaim a castle and a lead knight. Later, William goes to look at the castle and knight, but the knight, Sir Simon, comes to life in his hands! Sir Simon tells William about the troubles in his land, an evil wizard has taken over Sir Simon's kingdom. That evil wizard, Alastor, turned Simon into lead, but Simon had grabbed a token off of Alasor's neck. That Janus token has the ability to make people small. William gets the token and shrinks Mrs. Phillip to make her stay, but unwittingly starts fufilling the Prophecy above the castle drawbridge. In their adventure, William and Sir Simon experience magic, dragons, wizardry, and time travel. This book is a great read no matter how old you get! I recomend this magical tale for people in third grade and above.

A Great Book:
This is an excellend book for students in third through fifth grade. I read it aloud to my third grade class and they LOVED it.

A Great Book:
A Great Book The Castle in the Attic is an exciting, thrilling, and action-packed book. Mrs. Phillips gives William a castle. He gets a led knight to go with the castle. The knight comes to life. He and William go to save the people in the castle that were turned to stone. It is a thrilling book because William has to go through the forest with Sir Simon the knight and he gets lost. It is an action-packed book because when William finally finds his way to the castle he has to kill the dragon. Then he has to destroy Alisdor the evil king. I think you should read this book because it will make you want to read more books about long ago.