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Witch's Boy

Kelly Regan Barnhill

20141 pagesabout 5–10 minutes
2014
first published
  • 2014Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · ENGISBN 9781616204334
  • 2014372 pages · ENGISBN 9781616203511
  • 2015Algonquin Young Readers · ENGISBN 9781484465035
  • 2015Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9781616205485
  • 2020Piccadilly Press, Limited · 400 pages · ENGISBN 9781848129351
  • 2021Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing · 1 pagesISBN 9781665156646
  • 2015Turtleback · 320 pagesISBN 9780606393812
  • 2014HighBridge Audio · 570 pagesISBN 9781622314799

When a Bandit King comes to take the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, the stuttering, weak boy villagers think should have drowned rather than his twin summons the strength to protect his family and community, while in the woods, the bandit's daughter puzzles over a mystery that ties her to Ned. When a Bandit King tries to take magic from Ned's mother, a witch, the stuttering, weak boy people think should have drowned instead of his twin, protects his family and community, while the bandit's daughter explores a mystery that ties her to Ned.

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