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The witches

Dahl, Roald2016
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Beware. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look like ordinary women. But they are not ordinary. They are always plotting and scheming with murderous, bloodthirsty thoughts - and they hate children. The Grand High Witch hates children most of all and plans to make every single one of you disappear. Only one boy and his grandmother can stop her, but if their plan fails the Grand High Witch will frizzle them like fritters, and then what...
Main title:
The witches / Roald Dahl ; illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Author:
Dahl, Roald, authorBlake, Quentin, illustrator
Imprint:
London : Puffin, 2016.©1983.
Collation:
199 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Audience:
Upper primaryFor Ages: 9+ years old
Awards:
Whitbread Award for Children's Novel (1983) ; Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Read Alone (1993)West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) for Younger Readers (1986)
ISBN:
9780141365473 (paperback)9780241438817 (paperback)
Language:
English
BRN:
34924
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