Hedgewitch / Skye McKenna ; illustrated by Tomislav Tomic.
Publisher: London : Welbeck Flame, 2023Description: 416 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781801300681 (pbk.)
- 823/MCK
Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Teaching Practice | Main Library Teaching Practice Library | Teaching Practice Resources | 823/MCK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Issued | 25/11/2024 | 364890 |
Originally published: 2022.
When Cassie runs away from her dreary boarding school, in search of her missing mother, she ends up in the magical village of Hedgely and discovers she comes from a family of witches - women who protect Britain from the denizens of Faerie, who are all too real and far more frightening than the story books suggest. 'Magical in every sense of the word' Eoin Colfer Step into the magical world of Hedgewitch, where the land of Faerie lies just beyond our own, in this enchanting new series for children age 9+ and readers of Nevermoor, The Worst Witch and The Dark Is Rising. Cassie Morgan has run away. After seven years spent waiting for her mother to return, she flees her dreary boarding school and sets out to find her. But the world outside her school is full of hidden magic and children have been going missing.With the help of a talking cat and a flying broom, Cassie escapes to the enchanted village of Hedgely. There she will begin her training in the practical skills of witchcraft with the Hedgewitch, who watches over the Hedge, the vast forest that marks the border between England and Faerie.Will Cassie discover the truth about her mother? Can she find the lost faery treasures before the wicked Erl King gets his hands on them? And what will it take to save her new home - and Britain itself - from the shadowing magic of Faerie?'There are only two sorts of fantasy story: the ones that feel fake and the ones that feel real. It's hard to explain the difference but you know the real ones when you read them, and Hedgewitch is one of them' Philip ReeveNominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing