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How to Catch a Witch

How to Catch a Witch

by Abie Longstaff
Paperback
Publication Date: 06/10/2016

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Charlie and her family have moved from the big city to a small country village, and everything feels wrong. The cottage they now live in is old and creepy. Anxiety about her new school is causing Charlie's stutter to return. And the villagers are just plain weird: Beautiful young singer Suzy Evans, who glows with a strange light that only Charlie can see. Mysterious classmate Cat, who won't keep her nose out of Charlie's business. And Agatha, who may not have a broomstick or a cauldron, but is definitely a witch... Slowly and steadily, though, the strange surroundings exert their effect on Charlie... Would a bit of Agatha's magic fix her worsening stutter? Nothing else seems to... But bad-tempered Agatha has long since retired from magic. Besides, she tells Charlie, her stutter is part of who she is, not a curse that can be removed. Not like the curse that's been put on Suzy Evans, the sparkling singer, who is set to lose her wonderful voice when she turns sixteen in just a week's time...
ISBN:
9781407162515
9781407162515
Category:
Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
06-10-2016
Language:
English
Publisher:
Scholastic
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
201x138x14mm
Weight:
0.15kg
Abie Longstaff

Abie Longstaff is the eldest of six children and grew up in Australia, Hong Kong and France. She knows all about squabbling and bossing younger sisters around so she began her career as a barrister.

She started writing when her children were born. Her books include The Fairytale Hairdresser series and The Magic Potions Shop books. She has a life-long love of fairy tales and mythology and her work is greatly influenced by these themes.

Abie got the idea for the Trapdoor Mysteries from her parents' house in France. The house is big and old, with lots of rooms and outbuildings. In one of the bedrooms, there is a secret entrance hidden in a fireplace. It leads to a room that was used by the French Resistance during the war. It was the perfect idea for a book!

Abie lives with her family by the seaside in Hove.

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