The Witches, first published in 1983, is wonderfully illustrated throughout by Quentin Blake. A young boy and his grandmother uncover a plot by The Witches to get rid of every single child on earth.
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One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear. This is a story about REAL WITCHES. Real witches dress in ordinary clothes, have ordinary jobs and look very much like ordinary people. But they are far from ORDINARY . . .
The Grand High Witch, leader of all the witches, has a plan to make each and every child disappear. That is, unless one boy and his grandmother can stop her . . .
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Witches and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-10 years old
The Witches features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Recommendations, Recommended Children's eBooks, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Crime & Mystery, Horror & Ghost Stories, Fantasy / Magical
The Witches is available in Hardback, Paperback, CD-Audio
The Witches was written by Roald Dahl and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
The Witches has 324 pages
£7.19