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Hedgewitch: 1

Skye McKenna

Hedgewitch: 1

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January 5, 2023
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A richly inventive story.
Gillian Cross

Synopsis

Book 1 of 2: Hedgewitch

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?

Nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing

Product Information

Number of pages
416
Publisher
Welbeck Publishing Group
#ISBN
Number of pages
9781801300681
Date of Publication
January 5, 2023
Format
Paperback
Weight
332
g
Dimensions
12.8
x
19.8
x
2.8
cm

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Reviews

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 Reeve
Magical in every sense of the word. So magical that I suspect Skye McKenna might actually be a fairy.
Eoin Colfer

About the author

Skye McKenna

Skye McKenna grew up in a mining town in the Australian outback. Surrounded by the red dust of the Pilbara, she developed a healthy respect for wild things and wild places at a young age. Seeking adventures of her own, she travelled to the UK and fell in love with the British countryside.

Skye now lives in Scotland and works for a heritage charity, with whom she recently curated an exhibition on medieval magic. When she’s not reading and writing, she goes looking for stories in the hills and forests of her new home.

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