Begone the Raggedy Witches (the Wild Magic Trilogy, Book One)

When witches kidnap her dad, Mup is swept up in a wild tide of magic that carries her to another world. Can she reunite her family and find her way back?

On the night that Aunty dies, the raggedy witches come for Mup's family. Pale, cold, and relentless, the witches will do anything for the tyrannical queen who has outlawed most magic and enforces her laws with terror and cruelty -- and who happens to be Mup's grandmother. When witches carry off her dad, Mup and her mam leave the mundane world to rescue him. But everything is odd in the strange, glittering Witches Borough, even Mam. Even Mup herself. In a world of rhyming crows, talking cats, and golden forests, it's all Mup can do to keep her wits about her. And even if she can save her dad, Mup's not sure if anything will ever be the same again. First in a new trilogy by Irish author Celine Kiernan, this tale of family and forbidden magic charts a fresh path through the landscape of beloved fantasy tradition -- and promises to bewitch any reader in search of stories to love.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
Published: 09/11/2018
ISBN: 9780763699963
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.40w x 1.20d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2018 pg. 175
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 197016 / Begone the Raggedy Witches
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 8