The Castle Glower is no ordinary castle. It sprouts rooms, shifts staircases and grows hallways. But Castle Glower is no enchanted Hogwarts either; rather, it lives and responds to the needs of its kingdom, and no one understands the castle like Princess Celie. While the king is hearing petitions and teaching his son, Rolf, to rule, and the queen is off doing queenly things with her eldest daughter, Lilah, Celie clamors through secret passageways in her quest to map the castle's many rooms and additions.
Celie's atlas proves invaluable after her parents disappear in a bloody ambush, and the royal children are forced to protect the castle and kingdom from the designs of an evil prince. Who can they trust? Are the king and queen still alive? How can they drive the prince from the castle? These are all questions the children must ask. When pranks are no longer enough to combat the prince's malevolence, Celie, Rolf and Lilah must summon all their courage and cunning to save the Castle Glower, and indeed, their very lives.
Jessica Day George (Dragon Slippers) has created a charming, adventurous story with a spirit that will appeal to fans of Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux. George is clearly at home in the fairy tale realm, but she writes for modern readers. You will find no helpless princesses awaiting rescue in her kingdoms. Instead, Tuesdays at the Castle is all the more enjoyable for the intelligent, strong characters who dwell within its pages and castle walls. --Julia Smith, blogger, and children's bookseller emeritus