I Capture the Castle

Jan 5, 2025 5:37 PM

Author:Dodie Smith,Ngadi Smart

Rebel Voices: Disruptive Stories from Trailblazing Women - a new Puffin Classics collection, celebrating International Women's Day 2023

Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her family live in a beautiful, ramshackle castle - but sadly that's not quite as exciting as it sounds when you're having to use the barn door as a kitchen table, and new clothes are literally made out of old curtains . . .

Determined to forge her own path, Cassandra practices her writing skills by keeping a diary - observing the eccentric comings and goings of her beloved-but exasperating family, and pondering what life may have in store for her. But things are about to get delightfully more dramatic with the arrival of two glamorous Americans - and soon the Mortmain's lives will never be the same again.

Rebel Voices is a new six-part Puffin Classics collection of strikingly designed, highly collectible books, written by female authors, and celebrating courage, rebellion, strength and inspiration

'Every time I meet someone who also loves I Capture the Castle, I know we must be kindred spirits' - Jenny Han, bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before

'I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers' - Joanna Trollope

'Everyone I've passed it on to has found it a hit - it works every time, for absolutely everybody' - Nigella Lawson

Reviews

I know of few novels that inspire as much fierce lifelong affection in their readers

—— Joanna Trollope

Every time I meet someone who also loves I Capture the Castle, I know we must be kindred spirits

—— Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before

Story collections about famous women often include figures like Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale. Bagieu goes further afield, creating short graphic biographies about inspiring women from many unexpected times and places. Bagieu’s writing is sly and understated, and her panels combine impish comedy with unexpected moments of sensuousness. Any one of these stories would make a rousing picture book biography; 29 of them in one volume produces a work whose energy and wit will spur readers to get going and change the world.

—— Publishers Weekly , Publishers Weekly

Brazen is a colorful look into the fascinating lives of twenty-nine determined, iconoclastic women who were bold visionaries. It features both world-famous and little-known women throughout history.

—— Voya

A strikingly original collective biography for casual readers, students, and those looking for inspiration in their own lives.

—— School Library Journal

Insightful and clever, at times infuriating and disheartening, this serves as a reminder that the hardships women face today have been shared—and overcome—by many others.

—— Kirkus

This turns out to be just perfect.

—— Literary Hub

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