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What calls across the centuries to three girls drawn together to lay to rest an ancient evil in the woods?60ADA blackbird calls a warning. Anna, a slave girl running away from her Roman masters, pauses to listen as she lifts a totemic, druid carving she's found in the tunnel where she's hiding. The last thing she sees is a tangle of matted fur, a sheaf of claws, a flash of fangs, as she unleashes a hungry animal presence.1783 ADCenturies later, white witch Sarah Gibson wanders the wood in search of refuge. She's at ease here with the changing seasons, the plants and animals, until one moonlit night, she senses Anna's terror. The blackbird calls a warning, but Sarah wants to help Anna's restless spirit.Present dayMarie is furious when her twin, Billy, secures a place at art school and she doesn't. She is sent to 'cool off' at her aunt's. But the woods nearby are hiding something. Marie can feel it. She hears the local gossip about tragic happenings there. Hopelessly caught by the ghostly voices of the past that echo uneasily in her present, Marie must pit her wits against powerful old magic.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD NOMINATED FOR THE 2022 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL Set in the 17th century, a breathtaking debut, and a potential prize-winner, about the power of women, witchcraft, fury, revenge and the ties that bind us. After witnessing the brutal murder of her mother by witch-hunters, Evey vows to avenge her and track down the killers. Fury burns in her bright and strong. But she has promised her mother that she will keep Dill, her little sister, safe.As the lust for blood and retribution rises to fever pitch, will Evey keep true to the bonds of sisterhood and to the magick that is her destiny?Praise for Witch: 'A story that captures sibling rivalry so perfectly and tells its tale so beautifully I didn't want it to finish' JASBINDER BILAN'Raw, mystical and beautifully told. A striking debut' KIRSTY APPLEBAUM'An assured debut of sisterhood and fury' THE BOOKSELLER'A book filled with enchantment, in every sense. Dark, exciting and pacy, Witch brilliantly balances magic and realism' ANTHONY MCGOWAN, author of Carnegie-winning LARK'There is real magic here, though what leaps off the page is the creepy atmosphere and the raw emotion of a grieving, raging girl... Perfect reading for a dark, stormy night' IRISH TIMES WEEKEND

A second novel from the bestselling author of Branford Boase-shortlisted and Carnegie-nominated Witch. An engrossing story of fathers and sons, death and grief, and unexpected bonds, new and old, forged by dark and benign magic.When Sam, grieving the death of his father, finds a silver-flecked stone, ice-cold to the touch, strange and eerie things begin to happen. Myth, legend, magic and witchcraft mingle on the ancient hillside where the chalk white horse has galloped for centuries. Ravens wheel. Wolves prowl. As Halloween draws close, witches dance. Odin gathers brave, fallen warriors to his side.Only the mysterious new girl, Oona, can heal Sam's heart, revealing tarot secrets with her bewitching ways.Reviews for Witch:'A book filled with enchantment, in every sense. Dark, exciting and pacy, Witch brilliantly balances magic and realism' Anthony McGowan, author of Carnegie-winning Lark'There is real magic here... Perfect reading for a dark, stormy night' Irish Times Weekend

XVII vek. Anglija. Smutnoe vremja zagovorov i intrig, kogda strana okhvachena vojnoj, a po dorogam ryskajut okhotniki na vedm.Ryzhevolosaja Ivi ne khochet dazhe slyshat o magii. Ona schitaet, chto u nee net nikakogo dara, i otchajanno zaviduet mladshej sestre, ljubimitse materi.Kogda okhotniki zhestoko ubivajut ikh mat, Ivi vynuzhdena prismatrivat za sestroj. No v ee dushe, terzaemoj revnostju i gnevom, net mesta dlja ljubvi.1Ona ostavljaet sestru v mrachnom kovene vedm, a sama otpravljaetsja na poiski ubijts. Ona esche ne znaet, chto sestra popadet v ruki okhotnikov i v den strashnogo suda okazhetsja na pomoste...I togda Ivi pridetsja uznat, kto ona takaja i na chto sposobna.

Ivi rozhdena vedmoj, no ne khochet i slyshat o magii. Ona zaviduet sposobnostjam mladshej sestry i ne mozhet smiritsja so svoim proiskhozhdeniem.Odnazhdy okhotniki na vedm zhestoko raspravljajutsja s materju devochek. S togo dnja gnev i jarost ne pokidajut Ivi, ona zhivet lish mysljami o mesti. I v etoj bezumnoj borbe za spravedlivost Ivi uznaet, kto ona na samom dele i kakovo ee prednaznachenie.

A story of fathers and sons, and a boy gripped by the spell of myth and old magic to soothe his grief, from Branford Boase shortlisted and Carnegie nominated Finbar Hawkins.

Reviewed in The Observer, Telegraph, Financial Times and Irish Times; 'compelling', 'lyrical', 'superbly chilling', 'elegantly plotted', 'a tale of injustice, magic and redemption.' What calls across the centuries to three girls drawn together to lay to rest an ancient evil in the woods? 60 AD A blackbird calls a warning. Aine, a slave girl running away from her Roman masters, pauses to listen as she lifts a totemic, druid carving she's found in the tunnel where she's hiding. The last thing she sees is a tangle of matted fur, a sheaf of claws, a flash of fangs, as she unleashes a hungry animal presence. 1783 AD Centuries later, white witch Sarah Gibson wanders the woods in search of refuge. She's at ease here with the changing seasons, the plants and animals, until one moonlit night, she senses Aine's terror. The blackbird calls a warning, but Sarah wants to help Aine's restless spirit. Present day Marie has dropped out of art college and is staying with her aunt for a while. But the woods nearby are hiding something. Marie can feel it. She hears the local gossip about tragic happenings there. Hopelessly caught by the ghostly voices of the past that echo uneasily in her present, Marie must pit her wits against powerful old magic.