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Begone the Raggedy Witches

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From multi-award-winning Irish author Celine Kiernan comes a dark fantasy adventure about witches.

A middle-grade fantasy adventure perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge, Katherine Rundell and Sally Gardner. On the night that Aunty dies the Raggedy Witches come for Mup’s mam. Pale, cold, relentless, they will do anything to coax Mam back to Witches Borough. When they kidnap Mup’s dad, Mup and her mam must leave the mundane world to rescue him. But Mam is strange on this side of the border – striding, powerful, and distant. Even if they can save Dad, Mup is not sure anything will ever be the same again…

Our Review Panel says...

Nominated for Favourite Books of 2018 by: Tami Wylie (@twylie68), Year 4 Teacher Mup is a typical girl until her father is kidnappped. She then discovers many secrets about her family; her mother is a witch and her grandmother is the Witch Queen. Thus begins an epic adventure to save a father, a family and a kingdom.

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