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THIS BOOK IS OUT OF PRINT SO NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR SALE
CRITICS SAY THIS IS PERFECT FOR HARRY POTTER FANS
EVA IBBOTSON IS A BESTSELLING CHILDRENS AUTHOR
WHAT A BARGAIN.
TWO BOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE!!
I'M VERY FUSSY WITH THE CONDITION OF THE BOOKS I SELL AND WILL NOT SELL ANYTHING THAT I MYSELF WOULD NOT PURCHASE
BOOK IS IN AS NEW CONDITION
NEVER BEEN READ
LOOKS LIKE A NEW BOOK
SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION
WHICH WITCH? & THE SECRET OF PLATFORM 13 (TWO BOOKS IN ONE)
By Eva Ibbotson
Published 2001
Paperback
185 pages
For the first time ever, two of Eva Ibbotson's popular stories in one volume!
In "Which Witch?" the handsome wizard Arriman the Awful hosts a black magic contest for witches in an attempt to find a wife. Belladonna the beautiful white witch is determined to conjure vipers instead of flowers, and enlists the help of a neglected orphan boy, Terence who together with his pet worm, Rover may be more powerful than suspected. . .
"The Secret of Platform 13" is a hilarious and colourful fantasy which begins with the gump under platform 13 at King's Cross station. Few people know that gumps are doors that lead to other worlds, and this one opens for exactly nine days every nine years. On the other side lies an island filled with magical residents; a hag, an ogre, a wizard, a fey and an enchanted mistmaker who have been sent through the gump to bring back their young Prince, stolen as a baby nine years before. The trouble is, the Prince has become a horrible brat called Raymond Throttle, who is determined not to be rescued.
REVIEWS:
The magic is not just in the title!
23 Sep 1999
By A Customer
As a child I prided myself on being a hardened horror afficionado,convincing the babysitter that The Hammer House of Horror was more educational than Bagpuss. Children's fiction was therefore to be avoided at all costs, except when under duress by my primary teacher to read the obligatory titles of the out-dated syllabus. Whitch Witch immediately sounded promising, and although it didn't offer up the much anticipated stake burning extravaganza that my young mind had so vividly imagined, it was the most enjoyable and memorable book of those formative years.Witches casting spells inspired by jealousy and ambition, each trying to out-do the other in their quest to marry the most handsome and powerful wizard of them all; sometimes ludicrous, often hilarious and always immensely enjoyable.....with a fairy-tale ending that even a cynical 8 year old re-read well into her teens! Oh how I want to be Belladonna, erm, I mean wanted!!! This book will weave a spell on you which will outlast your belief in Santa Claus tenfold!
Frightfully funny!
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Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) |
Arriman the Awful, a wizard of great power and darkest evil, has grown bored with his life. Realizing that he needs a son to carry on the cause of darkness and evil, Arriman searches for a suitable wife. Only a witch of the darkest evil will serve, but which witch? The obvious course of action is found, a competition in evil witchcraft, with the witches in formal evening gowns!
Among the witches, though, there is one who nobody expects to win, the pretty and (most shockingly) white witch Belladonna. Alone among the witches, Belladonna has fallen in love with Arriman. When the exceedingly evil Madame Olympia, who has already married and done away with five husbands, Belladonna realizes that she must be blacker than she has ever dreamed of being if she is going to win the contest and save Arriman. But how?
This book is frightfully funny (pardon the pun)! The characters are interesting and funny; the storyline slides along keeping you glued to the pages. This is a great book, suitable for all ages. I highly recommend this book.
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