However, that didn't stop UK broadcaster Sky One from sinking its financial teeth into author Deborah Harkness' best-selling novel, A Discovery of Witches. When Patch discovers the ship she is on has set sail, she becomes a stowaway and sets out to solve a murderous mystery on board.After the end of both HBO's True Blood TV series, and the blockbuster Twilight film franchise, it appeared that Hollywood had had enough of vampire melodrama. YLG Conference - Reading the Planet, 16-18 September 2022Įxplore the latest books, meet authors, publishers and other reading specialists, and take a deep dive into the latest developments for libraries. Meet favourite authors and discover new books this autumn with a range of events on offer at book festivals in Bath, Cheltenham and the online Read. Look out for ReadingZone’s Create a Comic competition coming this autumn, challenging Primary and Secondary children to make their own comic strips. In this queer contemporary YA mystery, a nonbinary teen with autism realizes they must not only solve a 30-year-old mystery but also face the demon. Starfell: Willow Moss and the Vanished Kingdom (Starfell, Book 3)
The story, the second Diary of an Accidental Witch adventure, demonstrates how the power of friendship transcends all barriers and just how much we need our friends.Ģ24 pages / Reviewed by Nicola Mansfield Niemi, teacher When this leads to the witch school and the non-magical academy coming to blows, the Grand Tournament - the biggest and sportiest day in the witch calendar - is cancelled, and it's Bea's fault! Imagine the other witches' faces when they find out their broomstick Go! matches are being replaced with hurdles and the egg and spoon race with no magic allowed! Will the two halves of Bea's life come together in harmony or will they end up scrambled, much like some of the eggs involved in sports day?ĭiary of an Accidental Witch: Flying High is brilliant and the diary entry format makes it so accessible for younger readers book 2 has been eagerly awaited by years 3 and 4.
Unable to tell her best (non-magical) friend Ash about her new life, she becomes increasingly torn between her old and new self and her friendship suffers to the point of breaking. Bea Black is settling into life as a witch, she is finally mastering some spells and shows real skill at looking after animals, especially frogs, but life isn't all rosy. That is, it won't be an Extraordinary Grand Tournament at all, but rather a very ordinary sports day with Spellshire Academy! With magic firmly forbidden and rivalry reaching new heights, who will emerge victorious? And more importantly, will Bea's friendship with her best non-witchy friend Ash survive the competition?Ī perfect potion of magic and mischief, Diary of an Accidental Witch is The Worst Witch meets Tom Gates.īea Black is back! (see book 1, Diary of an Accidental Witch). So when the Winter Solstice Grand Tournament rolls round, she's ready to rise to the next challenge and fly high.īut then Ms Sparks decides that this year's tournament will be a bit. She's made tonnes of friends at witch school, learned how to levitate frogs (just about) and been working hard on polishing up her broom skills. But before that there's the Grand Tournament - the biggest and sportiest day in the witchy calendar! And I can't wait!'īea Black is all settled into her new life in Little Spellshire, a town with a magical secret. There's only fifty days until the Winter Solstice, the longest and witchiest night of the year. Honor and Perdita Cargill, Katie Saunders Genre
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