After the death of his grandfather, the famous wizard Joslin Brandon, Andrew Hope inherits the Melton House estate. He hopes for a calm life where he can write books, but the residents of the estate don’t accept him. On top of that, a boy named Aidan appears on the doorstep, asking for protection from his persecutors. Andrew can’t leave him in trouble, but he himself isn’t that much of a wizard—though he remembers his grandfather’s lessons about caring for an antique stained-glass window on the kitchen door. The stained-glass window holds something important and magical, but what exactly?
Diana Wynne Jones is known as the last great storyteller. Her books are so vivid and captivating that many of them have been adapted into films. For example, “Howl’s Moving Castle,” based on her bestseller, became an animated film that gained popularity in many countries.