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Ters Yüz Şatosu
Okul için bir ödev yazması gereken küçük Lorina, siyah bir tavşanın yardımıyla, ormanın içinden sihirli bir dünyaya gider. Oraya vardığında çok çalıştırılan, aç bırakılan ve yakındaki şatodan çıkan zehirli dumanlara maruz kalan yeşil insan insanlarla tanışır. Lorina, şatoya girip yardım istemeye karar verir. Fakat şatoda içeridekilerle tanıştığında onların, bütün yemekleri kendilerine saklayan ve dışarıdakileri köle olarak gören bencil kişiler olduğunu anlar. Lorina’nın macerası onu bürokrat sıçan, denetlemeci yılan, çiftçi armadillo ve en sonunda da Başkan Domuz’la tanıştıracaktır.
176 pages, Hardcover
First published December 1, 1997
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March 3, 2016
OK, I'll admit it: I only bought this book because it said that Chris Riddell had contributed the illustrations. Only afterwards did I take a look at the synopsis. But you know what?! It didn't matter and still doesn't because this story is FANTASTIC!
It seems to me as if it had a few elements we are already familiar with thanks to Mr. Orwell but they were more child-friendly here.
A girl wants to save a people (the green people) who are suffering tremendously so she enters The Castle. In there, she encounters horribly selfish creatures who live off the poor green people from outside the castle.
Basically, it's a story about equality, humanity, compassion and the right thing to do. It's also about sharing and (surprisingly perhaps) environmentalism (the green people are not only starving but also getting sick from polluted air).
It's quite a dark subject of course, which can also be seen from Chris Riddell's brilliant illustrations that are very dark here indeed but definitely hit a nerve!
The writing style is a bit mischievous at times, probably to light things up a bit, but the author also managed to somehow write in a kind of distant way which seemed so appropriate when I thought about the inhabitants of the castle and what they were doing to the world and everyone outside their castle.
I bought this book via amazon marketplace since it's out of print and, unfortunately, it didn't arrive in the condition promised. However, as I found out only today, there seems to be a new edition coming out this year. Yay!
This really is a book for young and old, addressing very important aspects of people and their lives, and I hope it will get more well-known in the future!
It seems to me as if it had a few elements we are already familiar with thanks to Mr. Orwell but they were more child-friendly here.
A girl wants to save a people (the green people) who are suffering tremendously so she enters The Castle. In there, she encounters horribly selfish creatures who live off the poor green people from outside the castle.
Basically, it's a story about equality, humanity, compassion and the right thing to do. It's also about sharing and (surprisingly perhaps) environmentalism (the green people are not only starving but also getting sick from polluted air).
It's quite a dark subject of course, which can also be seen from Chris Riddell's brilliant illustrations that are very dark here indeed but definitely hit a nerve!
The writing style is a bit mischievous at times, probably to light things up a bit, but the author also managed to somehow write in a kind of distant way which seemed so appropriate when I thought about the inhabitants of the castle and what they were doing to the world and everyone outside their castle.
I bought this book via amazon marketplace since it's out of print and, unfortunately, it didn't arrive in the condition promised. However, as I found out only today, there seems to be a new edition coming out this year. Yay!
This really is a book for young and old, addressing very important aspects of people and their lives, and I hope it will get more well-known in the future!
November 5, 2023
Kütüphaneden alıp orda okudum çok çabuk bitti hayvan çiftliğine benziyor bence
April 2, 2021
4/5
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Ters Yüz Şatosu ilk çıktığı zamanlarda hakkında güzel yorumlar okuduğum ve merak ettiğim bir kitaptı. Bir ara alıp okuyayım diye aklımın bir köşesinde dururken kendime değil öğrencilerime almak nasip oldu. Öğrenciler arasında elden ele dolaşırken boşa çıktığını görünce hemen alıp okudum.
Öncelikle genel hatlarıyla güzel bir kitap olduğunu söyleyeyim. Yer yer Hayvan Çiftliği esintileri barındıran fazlaca mesajlı bir kitaptı.
Hayvan Çifliği’ni okuyup pek anlamlandıramayan çocuklar bile Ters Yüz Şatosu’nu keyifle okuyabilirler diye düşünüyorum. Yazarın siyah tavşanı neyi sembolize ederek kullandığını pek anlayamadım ve gereksiz buldum açıkçası. Kurgusununu onsuz da yaratabilirdi bana kalırsa. Onun haricinde ise gözüme takılan bir kusur yok. Keyifli okumalar.😊
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Ters Yüz Şatosu ilk çıktığı zamanlarda hakkında güzel yorumlar okuduğum ve merak ettiğim bir kitaptı. Bir ara alıp okuyayım diye aklımın bir köşesinde dururken kendime değil öğrencilerime almak nasip oldu. Öğrenciler arasında elden ele dolaşırken boşa çıktığını görünce hemen alıp okudum.
Öncelikle genel hatlarıyla güzel bir kitap olduğunu söyleyeyim. Yer yer Hayvan Çiftliği esintileri barındıran fazlaca mesajlı bir kitaptı.
Hayvan Çifliği’ni okuyup pek anlamlandıramayan çocuklar bile Ters Yüz Şatosu’nu keyifle okuyabilirler diye düşünüyorum. Yazarın siyah tavşanı neyi sembolize ederek kullandığını pek anlayamadım ve gereksiz buldum açıkçası. Kurgusununu onsuz da yaratabilirdi bana kalırsa. Onun haricinde ise gözüme takılan bir kusur yok. Keyifli okumalar.😊
December 13, 2016
A pleasant read, definitely one I would recommend to a younger audience!
I got a lot of Alice in Wonderland vibes off this book - it follows a young girl called Lorina as she is led by a rabbit (you see what I mean), through to a magical place where she encounters little green people who are starving to death on the outside of a large castle. Lorina takes it upon herself to try and save the little green people and soon finds herself being buffeted between the greedy and cruel animals living within the castle. Can Lorina save the green people?! Who will triumph?
A fun and quick read - definitely one to that I'm going to pass on to some younger friends.
I got a lot of Alice in Wonderland vibes off this book - it follows a young girl called Lorina as she is led by a rabbit (you see what I mean), through to a magical place where she encounters little green people who are starving to death on the outside of a large castle. Lorina takes it upon herself to try and save the little green people and soon finds herself being buffeted between the greedy and cruel animals living within the castle. Can Lorina save the green people?! Who will triumph?
A fun and quick read - definitely one to that I'm going to pass on to some younger friends.
April 16, 2018
Bitsene diyerek okudum. Kimseye önermiyorum. Dışı sizi, içi beni yaktı.
September 2, 2014
Alice in Wonderland meets Animal Farm in this political fable for children. Fast paced and entertaining, despite the serious subject matter, it follows the adventures of a little girl determined to fight for the rights of the green people left to starve in the polluted air outside the castle walls. The whimsical style is a blatant and enjoyable pastiche of Alice but dark themes of oppression and corruption give it an allegorical rather than absurdist flavour. I think that the lack of emotion in even the most chilling or tense scenes could put off some readers, but I felt it gave a Brechtian feel to the narrative - the detachment brought out the injustice of the castle society but also made it less disturbing for children than it otherwise would have been. My nine-year-old daughter loved the book and recommended it to me as the next book I HAD to read, but she also thinks her younger sister would like it too, so it has broad appeal.
January 3, 2018
Yetişkinlerin de zevkle okuyacağı bir çocuk kitabı. İçerisine incelikle yerleştirilmiş mesajları çok sevdim.
July 3, 2018
İçinde güzel mesajlar barındıran bir kitap😬
November 22, 2017
ortalama bir öyküydü, okusan da olur okumasan da...
September 14, 2020
I must have laughed out loud at least 10 times at the cleverness of this gem of a book!
December 9, 2019
Bence çok güzel bir kitap mutlaka okumalısınız çok maceralı.Maceraları hiç bitmiyor.
August 31, 2016
This book was so fun. The story was cool and unique. The writing was very nice. The illustrations were very nice and detailed. And also, the cover is so beautiful. My favorite characters were Hero and Nero, because they were funny and I liked them. I really think that children would enjoy this book!
January 1, 2019
Çok beğenerek okudum ve bazı yerlerde hayvan çiftliğine benzettim. Güzel bir kitaptı.
December 23, 2019
Anything that has a nod to Alice In Wonderland is fine by me, and what this book does is cross that with a bit of Animal Farm so has a little bit of everything for readers of all ages to enjoy and was a really enjoyable and quick read.
There's lots for younger readers to enjoy in a story about a young girl standing up for the rights of others while older readers will appreciate the links to AIW and AF, and just to enjoy the fantastical world created by the writer, and all brilliantly illustrated by the wonderful Chris Riddell.
Lorina is aghast at the world she comes across when a black rabbit leads her through the woods to a magical world of green people who are starving and dealing with toxic fumes from a castle.. She finds out about the pigs living in the castle who only care about themselves and as she tries to reason with them, she is faced with their greed and self centred behaviour but she keeps fighting for what she knows is right. It's a story told with heart, and often in rhyme which really adds another layer of enjoyment.
It's super sweet and fantastically funny and it's a book I thoroughly enjoyed!
There's lots for younger readers to enjoy in a story about a young girl standing up for the rights of others while older readers will appreciate the links to AIW and AF, and just to enjoy the fantastical world created by the writer, and all brilliantly illustrated by the wonderful Chris Riddell.
Lorina is aghast at the world she comes across when a black rabbit leads her through the woods to a magical world of green people who are starving and dealing with toxic fumes from a castle.. She finds out about the pigs living in the castle who only care about themselves and as she tries to reason with them, she is faced with their greed and self centred behaviour but she keeps fighting for what she knows is right. It's a story told with heart, and often in rhyme which really adds another layer of enjoyment.
It's super sweet and fantastically funny and it's a book I thoroughly enjoyed!
September 6, 2025
Me encantó el juego de palabras (leí la versión en inglés) a lo largo de toda la historia. Lo leí todo en voz alta y fue desafiante pero entretenido.
No se me hizo un libro tan infantil (según la portada es para niños entre 9 y 11 años). Tiene un desarrollo político-social bastante interesante y profundo, a pesar de que empieza con un estilo bastante similar al de Alicia en el país de las maravillas. De verdad fue un buen retrato de cómo funciona una sociedad cuya base es una idiotez desinformada, llena de burocracia y de un desinterés por el otro.
Muchos grupos o personajes tienen muy marcados la xenofobia y el clasismo.
Adicional, me gustó cómo la protagonista, a pesar de su edad, desafiaba toda esa construcción social a partir de su propia moralidad y de pensar en el bienestar de un grupo aislado y considerado extranjero (tal cual la situación actual del gobierno estadounidense con los migrantes/extranjeros).
Sería una historia que trabajaría con chicos de bachillerato, a partir de 8vo o 9no.
La verdad me encantó, recomendado para pasar un rato entretenido.
No se me hizo un libro tan infantil (según la portada es para niños entre 9 y 11 años). Tiene un desarrollo político-social bastante interesante y profundo, a pesar de que empieza con un estilo bastante similar al de Alicia en el país de las maravillas. De verdad fue un buen retrato de cómo funciona una sociedad cuya base es una idiotez desinformada, llena de burocracia y de un desinterés por el otro.
Muchos grupos o personajes tienen muy marcados la xenofobia y el clasismo.
Adicional, me gustó cómo la protagonista, a pesar de su edad, desafiaba toda esa construcción social a partir de su propia moralidad y de pensar en el bienestar de un grupo aislado y considerado extranjero (tal cual la situación actual del gobierno estadounidense con los migrantes/extranjeros).
Sería una historia que trabajaría con chicos de bachillerato, a partir de 8vo o 9no.
La verdad me encantó, recomendado para pasar un rato entretenido.
April 23, 2024
Güzeldi ama bir o kadar da tanıdık idi. Biraz Alice Harikalar Diyarı, biraz Hayvanlar Çiftliği, biraz da geçmişten süregelen ve günümüzün sorunlarını karıştırıp ortaya Ters Yüz Şatosu çıkmış. İçinde bulunan önermelerin hepsi haklı birer isyan ama geçmişten günümüze hep aynı, hiçbir değişim yok. Bu da epey acı. Ayrıca ne yazık ki gerçekte doğru bir kral da yok, hepsi eninde sonunda eline ayna alıp kendine bakmaya başlıyor.
April 25, 2022
Açgözlülüğü, güç zehirlenmesini, empati kurmanın önemini anlatan fakat bunu didaktik olmayan harika bir dille anlatmış yazar David Henry Wilson. Çizimler için Chris Riddell'a diyecek hiç sözüm yok. Hikayeyi besleyen harika çizimler.
Çocuklarla uzun uzadıya çalışılabilecek bir kitap. Atölyesini hazırlamaya başladım bile ve uygulamak için sabırsızlanıyorum.
Çocuklarla uzun uzadıya çalışılabilecek bir kitap. Atölyesini hazırlamaya başladım bile ve uygulamak için sabırsızlanıyorum.
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February 28, 2025Y11 Intervention review
Macey- It was good.
Jaya- It was good. I liked all of it.
Marian- It was alright, I didn't mind all of it. I thought it was alright.
Logan- It was alright and a bit calming on the inside and hectic on the outside.
Macey- It was good.
Jaya- It was good. I liked all of it.
Marian- It was alright, I didn't mind all of it. I thought it was alright.
Logan- It was alright and a bit calming on the inside and hectic on the outside.
November 28, 2019
Hoş bir çocuk kitabı da okuyacağımı sanıyordum ama kitabı bitiremedim. Elimde çok kaldı, nihayet bitsin istedim. Bence bir kitabın kötü olmasının etkilerinden biri.
December 9, 2019
A special and fun little book!
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July 12, 2020Jeremy James serisine ne kadar bayıldıysam bu kitabı da o kadar sevmedim. Çocuklara büyük resmi göstermeye çalışan kitapları sevmiyorum.
April 15, 2022
Alice Harikalar Diyarında + Hayvan Çiftliği = Ters Yüz Şatosu
August 30, 2022
3,5 *
David Henry Wilson has intertwined reality together with the kindness of childeren.
David Henry Wilson has intertwined reality together with the kindness of childeren.
March 2, 2024
It's alright
July 29, 2024
Hayvan Çiftliği yanında halt yemiş.
September 27, 2021
Alice in Wonderland meets Animal Farm with maybe a dash of The Lorax?
I think this is a well written, very clever book. I enjoyed the songs/poems throughout.
Loved the illustrations from Chris Riddell as always.
It was a slow start for me as I felt like I missed the beginning of the book, like if Alice in Wonderland started as she was falling down the rabbit hole, which threw me a bit at first but after a few chapters I was in!
I think this is a well written, very clever book. I enjoyed the songs/poems throughout.
Loved the illustrations from Chris Riddell as always.
It was a slow start for me as I felt like I missed the beginning of the book, like if Alice in Wonderland started as she was falling down the rabbit hole, which threw me a bit at first but after a few chapters I was in!
September 8, 2016
I didn't know anything about this book prior to reading (apart from the blurb) so I really didn't know what to expect. What I found upon reading was a wonderfully told, hilariously written adventure story with compassion and an important moral message at its heart. The Castle of Inside Out is an adventure book kids of all ages will love, with an Orwell twist that brings this book to the forefront of essential childhood reading, to get kids thinking about what makes a good society, and the issues that we should be concerned about as human beings.
I was immediately drawn into the story through Chris Riddell's illustrations, which obviously were beautifully detailed and wonderfully atmospheric, brilliant at depicting Lorina's world. As there were a few weird and wonderful creatures that Lorina meets on her quest, and it really helped to be able to visualise what Wilson was describing. I think this really works for kids who prefer visual aid when reading and comprehending a story - one is never too old for pictures in books, in my opinion!
As for the actual story, I loved it. If I was reading The Castle of Inside Out as a kid, I would have revelled in the interesting and caricatural characters, the vivid language and the bravery and determination found in Lorina. As an adult, I adored all of these things, along with the Orwellian characteristics that brought the book to life. The dialogue was hilarious and there were many moments where I actually laughed out loud. The fantastic wordplay and creatively constructed villains (the superviper, the bureaurat, the farmadillo and the Piggident) were fantastic in making this a book I simply couldn't put down. This book has been described as Animal Farm meets Alice in Wonderland and I can see why. With themes such as charity, responsibility, care for the environment and greed running throughout, it would be hard to find a better book for children that encourages care for others and the world around them. And with all the awful things that are happening around the world at the moment, it is important that we teach kids that care for other people is at the heart of a better society and a more hopeful future.
I would say that this book would be suitable for children seven and up, but I would honestly say that this book can be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages - I adored it and I'm sure that you will too!
I was immediately drawn into the story through Chris Riddell's illustrations, which obviously were beautifully detailed and wonderfully atmospheric, brilliant at depicting Lorina's world. As there were a few weird and wonderful creatures that Lorina meets on her quest, and it really helped to be able to visualise what Wilson was describing. I think this really works for kids who prefer visual aid when reading and comprehending a story - one is never too old for pictures in books, in my opinion!
As for the actual story, I loved it. If I was reading The Castle of Inside Out as a kid, I would have revelled in the interesting and caricatural characters, the vivid language and the bravery and determination found in Lorina. As an adult, I adored all of these things, along with the Orwellian characteristics that brought the book to life. The dialogue was hilarious and there were many moments where I actually laughed out loud. The fantastic wordplay and creatively constructed villains (the superviper, the bureaurat, the farmadillo and the Piggident) were fantastic in making this a book I simply couldn't put down. This book has been described as Animal Farm meets Alice in Wonderland and I can see why. With themes such as charity, responsibility, care for the environment and greed running throughout, it would be hard to find a better book for children that encourages care for others and the world around them. And with all the awful things that are happening around the world at the moment, it is important that we teach kids that care for other people is at the heart of a better society and a more hopeful future.
I would say that this book would be suitable for children seven and up, but I would honestly say that this book can be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages - I adored it and I'm sure that you will too!
January 23, 2017
The Castle of Inside Out is a children’s book that deals with issues of greed, inequality and pollution. I read it to my two boys (aged 9 and 11) and was impressed by the way it got them to think about the complexity of these issues. It made them realise that some people (and businesses) benefit from creating lots of pollution and it isn’t easy to get them to change their ways.
The book begins with Lorina, a school girl, following a black rabbit into a magical land; where she discovers a population of starving green people. She befriends them and discovers they are used as slaves by the rich society, who live in a large castle nearby. Appalled by the conditions they are forced to live in, she decides to head to the castle in order to negotiate a better life for the green people.
The book lacked the subtlety required for a entertaining adult book. It was packed with heavy metaphors and the character names (His Porkship, The Piggident, and the bureaurat) were often eye-rollingly cringe-worthy, but my boys found them hilarious. The chatty tone engaged them throughout and they loved the vivid imagery of each scene.
The Castle of Inside Out is a very important book and I think it would be especially useful for schools looking for material to discuss climate change. Children probably won’t grasp all the concepts without explanation, so I recommend reading this aloud with them – that way you’ll also benefit from seeing them laugh at the bizarre scenes.
Recommended to children between the ages of 8 and 12.
The book begins with Lorina, a school girl, following a black rabbit into a magical land; where she discovers a population of starving green people. She befriends them and discovers they are used as slaves by the rich society, who live in a large castle nearby. Appalled by the conditions they are forced to live in, she decides to head to the castle in order to negotiate a better life for the green people.
The book lacked the subtlety required for a entertaining adult book. It was packed with heavy metaphors and the character names (His Porkship, The Piggident, and the bureaurat) were often eye-rollingly cringe-worthy, but my boys found them hilarious. The chatty tone engaged them throughout and they loved the vivid imagery of each scene.
The Castle of Inside Out is a very important book and I think it would be especially useful for schools looking for material to discuss climate change. Children probably won’t grasp all the concepts without explanation, so I recommend reading this aloud with them – that way you’ll also benefit from seeing them laugh at the bizarre scenes.
Recommended to children between the ages of 8 and 12.
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