Castle Glower feels a particular affection for Celie, and she returns its devotion by trying to understand it better than anyone else. The king consults it on important questions and even takes its advice about whom to name as his successor. In addition to the castle’s magical ability to change its shape, it also possesses a mind and will of its own. Her manuscript is now 300 pages long and continues to grow just as the castle does. She is the youngest of four royal children but has assigned herself the grown-up task of creating an atlas of the castle’s floorplan. The only castle inhabitant who can successfully navigate the confusing structure is eleven-year-old Princess Celie. This reshuffling typically occurs on Tuesdays. The novel begins by disclosing the startling fact that Castle Glower can change the number, size, and arrangement of its rooms whenever it feels like doing so. As Celie and her siblings try to defend their realm from invaders, the book explores the magical nature of Castle Glower, what happens when children are forced to assume adult roles, and the covert tactics that the young must employ to defeat corrupt authority figures.
The tone of the novel is generally light and hopeful though the story describes dark events, including an assassination plot against the royal family of the kingdom of Sleyne. The limited third-person narrative is told from the perspective of eleven-year-old Princess Celie who possesses a strong emotional tie to a magical castle that can change its shape at will. The timeframe spans approximately one month with no specific mention of the time of year during which the action occurs, though it is presumably the summer season.
Tuesdays at the Castle takes place in a medieval European fantasy realm.
Standalone titles include Silver in the Blood and Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow. In addition to the Tuesdays at the Castle series, she writes the Rose Legacy series, the Twelve Dancing Princesses series, and the Dragon Slippers trilogy. George is a New York Times bestselling author who pens multiple series.
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