Hedgewitch

First in a magical five-book series for readers of NEVERMOOR, THE WORST WITCH and THE DARK IS RISING. It has been seven years since Cassie Morgan last saw her mother. Left at a dreary boarding school, she spends her days hiding from the school bully and reading forbidden story books about the world of Faerie. Certain that her mother is still alive, Cassie is determined to find her, whatever the dangers, and runs away from school. Lost and alone, she is chased by a pack of goblins but, to her surprise, escapes with the help of a flying broom and a talking cat named Montague, who takes her to the cosy village of Hedgely. Here she discovers that she comes from a family of witches, women who protect Britain from the denizens of Faerie, who are all too real and far more frightening than her story books suggest.

Skye McKenna (Author) Skye McKenna grew up in a mining town in the Australian outback. Surrounded by the red dust of the Pilbara, she developed a healthy respect for wild things and wild places at a young age. Longing for adventures of her own, she travelled to the UK and fell in love with the British countryside. Skye now lives in the English Midlands and when she's not reading and writing, she goes looking for stories among the hills and hedgerows of her new home. Skye's first book, Hedgewitch, was nominated for the YOTO Carnegie Medal for Writing and was a CBCA Notable.