{"product_id":"9780702339707","title":"The School for Wicked Witches","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Taylor, Will \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eInterest age: from c 8 years\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 September 2024 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 128 x 10 | 182g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva isn't ready to leave her home in Oz – especially\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot to become a witch. Then the worst thing that could possibly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehappen occurs – Ava's magic goes very wrong and she is\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebanished to a school for wicked witches. Perfect for fans of WICKED,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITCHLINGS and THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Oz, most girls and boys with magical powers are sent from the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enorth, south, east and west to renowned witch academies, where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethey are elevated and taught all the finer ways to be a responsible\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewitch. But if you misbehave? Or are thought to harbour darker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emagic? You're sent to the equivalent of witch reform\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eschool – The School for Wicked Witches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eONLY! Once you get there, you find that the witches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erunning it are so powerful that they've managed to trick the rest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof the outside world. Yes, it looks to outside like they are taming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe wickedness out of the witches ... but in truth, the school\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eis run by wicked witches (who, incidentally, don't see\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethemselves as wicked at all ... although some of them really are.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAva Heartstraw has never even considered being wicked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when she goes to take her entrance test for a witch academy,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshe doesn't get the reaction she's expecting – and is the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efirst kid in memory from the west to be sent to the School for Wicked\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gripping, fun adventure with themes of magic, mystery and accepting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eyour true self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Wicked, Witchlings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand The School for Good and Evil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the brilliant, award-winning author of The Language\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Seabirds, Will Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46380726157571,"sku":"9780702339707","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780702339707.jpg?v=1738844223","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9780702339707","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}