Earwig and the Witch

Informationen zum Autor DIANA WYNNE JONES was born in August 1934 in London, where she had a chaotic and unsettled childhood against the background of World War II. The family moved around a lot, finally settling in rural Essex. As children, Diana and her two sisters were deprived of a good, steady supply of books by a father, ‘who could beat Scrooge in a meanness contest’. So, armed with a vivid imagination and an insatiable quest for good books to read, she decided that she would have to write them herself. Klappentext Everyone knows that orphanages are horrible places. But Earwig has a surprising amount of power over everyone else at St Morwald's Home for Children, and loves it there. So the last thing she wants is to be sent to live with the very strange Bella Yaga... Zusammenfassung Everyone knows that orphanages are horrible places. But Earwig has a surprising amount of power over everyone else at St Morwald's Home for Children, and loves it there. So the last thing she wants is to be sent to live with the very strange Bella Yaga…

Product details

• Authors: Diana Jones, Diana Wynne Jones
• Publisher: Haper Collins Children's Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 7
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.09.2011
• EAN: 9780007416868
• ISBN: 978-0-00-741686-8
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes, Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Interest age: from c 7 years, Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage: Humorous stories