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I Capture the Castle

Name: I Capture the Castle
ISBN: 9780312316167

Movie Tie-in Edition

Dodie Smith

St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · April 1, 2003

Reading lane: Historical YA - Europe

20th-Century Historical Romance Europe for Teens Historical YA - Europe book club

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Candid Castle Pages

For a sharply funny, poignant diary voice where family upheaval and first love share the page.

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Wry, candid notebook entries with a tender edge
A coming-of-age story shaped by family change and first love

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Three notebooks spanning six turbulent months
A narrator honing her writing as life shifts around her

Book Details

Authors: Dodie Smith
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: April 1, 2003
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Historical YA - Europe · 20th-Century Historical Romance
Reading lane: Historical YA - Europe

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The Classics
Coming-of-Age
20th-Century English Fiction

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One of the 20th century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts, Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle ! “This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met.” -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series Adapted to a feature film in 2003, I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"-- and the heart of the reader-- in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments.