Hedgewitch

Hedgewitch is a new series for children age 9+ and readers of Nevermoor and Michelle Harrison, set in the magical world of Faerie. Cassie Morgan flees her boarding school to find her mother, but the world outside is full of hidden magic and children have been going missing. With the help of a talking cat and a flying broom, she escapes to the enchanted village of Hedgely, where she will begin her training in witchcraft with the Hedgewitch. Will she discover the truth about her mother, find the lost faery treasures, and save her new home - and Britain itself - from the shadowing magic of Faerie?

Format: Hardback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 14 April 2022
Publisher: Welbeck Publishing Group

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 and Michelle Harrison . 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 Reeve Nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing

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 and Michelle Harrison.

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 Reeve, Nominated for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing

Weight: 536g
Dimension: 144 x 224 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781801300087