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When the cafeteria lists "Chef’s Special" on their daily menu, a curious young girl sets out to solve the mystery. While snooping around the school kitchen, she spots a lunch lady she's never seen before—with a crooked nose, green skin, and a pointy hat! Is the lunch lady a witch?

When 12-year-old Adam and his Mom buy an old wardrobe at a local furniture store, an old woman begins to yell at them. She claims that the wardrobe belongs to her, and that they have no right to have it. The store owner shoos away the old woman and apologizes, explaining that "The Witch" has been causing problems and shouting curses at people in the neighborhood for years. Everything seems fine until later that day. When the movers are delivering the wardrobe to Adam's apartment, its door suddenly swings open and The Witch falls out of it—dead!

Welcome to Hazard. An ordinary town where strangeness is a way of life. A town where sink holes appear with no warning, where people go missing way too often and where things really DO go bump in the night … To Travis and his classmates, Hazard is home. But when they’re set a school project to investigate the history of the town, they soon realise that something strange and alien lies beneath Hazard. What can they learn from their investigations into the mysterious witch in the woods? And – if the witch does exist – will they make it home to tell the tale…?

The Nameless Witch is the wickedly exciting and queer sequel to The Devouring Wolf! For fans of Soman Chainani, Anne Ursu, and stories with lots of magic, action and a big heart. If you give your witch your name… …she’ll steal your magic and grind your...

After moving to the tiny village of Biskopskulla, middle school student Clara Hutchins discovers that her family has a history in the region: one hundred forty years ago, one of her ancestors was hanged as a witch from the white oak tree on the edge of town. When Clara finds a mildewed diary in the basement, she's even able to read the rambling thoughts of her long-dead relative. But when the book's predictions about Clara's own life start coming true, she wonders if those nineteenth-century villagers had a point: maybe her great-great-great grandmother really did have unearthly abilities.

The time has come for Adam and his friends to again face Spooksville’s most powerful citizen, Ms. Ann Templeton. Sally says the woman is definitely a witch, but Adam and Watch are not so certain. To find the truth, they visit her castle together. There they find both good and bad: creatures more horrible than anything they could imagine, but also magical tools that can create the most wonderful things. But will these tools help Adam and his friends? Or are they just instruments to trick them and make them slaves of the mysterious Ann Templeton?

Ivy and Maple have been best friends ever since they were born at exactly the same minute 12 years earlier. They're always on the look-out for a new adventure, but unfortunately Crowood Peak is officially the most boring town in the world. Or at least it was until children start to mysteriously disappear and, even stranger, none of the grown-ups seem to have noticed. It's up to the Double Trouble Society to work out what's going on. All the evidence points to the old mansion next door with strange green lights in the windows and a new owner who looks suspiciously like a witch!

When there's a murder in the village and a hag is heard howling at the local inn, secret witch Raven Charming realises she could have a rival - one who practises the worst kind of magic. With the help of amateur sleuth, Mortimer Scratch, and Nightshade, a talking cat with a feline sense of detection, she sets out to solve what's been going on....

Ханна заболела и поиски папы придется на время прекратить. Мама просит посидеть с Ханной госпожу Терезу, но девочка уверена, что ее соседка самая настоящая злая ведьма и, быть может, именно она заколдовала и украла папу!

Dans le cadre d’un événement élaboré en vue d’une édition spéciale de La Gazette des étoiles savantes, les 4Z souhaitent présenter au club de lecture le célèbre animateur de la populaire émission Chasseurs d’insolite, Herménégilde Vaillant, de même que la nouvelle bibliothécaire, Ursula Brilaquou. Une première rencontre avec la femme laisse toutefois les quatre journalistes stupéfaits. Madame Ursula semble avoir un don pour déclencher des orages et faire exploser les ampoules électriques.