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The House of Colored Windows

Story Stats

Rating: 4
Grade Level: 5, Adult
Page count: 6
Categories: Fantasy

Author

Margaret
Mahy

Appeared in

The Door in the Air and Other Stories.

Story Summary

The wizard's house has windows of every imaginable color and each looks out onto a different world. Young Anthea is sure that if she could just look out of each window, she would find the world that she wanted. In the end Anthea discovers that there is no place like home.