The Hotel Witch
$16.98
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2023
Summary
Sometimes the simplest spells are the most powerful.
Sibyl is the apprentice hotel witch at the splendid Grand Mirror Hotel. She is busy each day, under the watchful eye of her grandmother, drawing useful spell patterns to keep the hotel guests happy—spells to shine shoes, spells to make the pastry chef’s cakes rise, spells to remove dust, and spells to return lost things like hats and gloves to their owners.
But Sibyl dreams of other possibilities—possibilities like her mothe…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922790101 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922790109 |
| Author: | Jessica Miller |
| Publisher: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2023 |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm |
| Audience Age: | 9 |
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Critics Review
‘A lonely girl, a creepy house, spirit presences and long-ago mysteries–I’m completely in love with this novel.’
Hannah Gardiner: With a cast of larger-than-life characters that almost pop off the page, The Hotel Witch is the wonderfully imaginative new adventure from Jessica Miller, who previously brought us The Republic of Birds and Elizabeth and Zenobia. Apprentice Hotel Witch Sybil has a very vivid imagination. Unfortunately, this frequently causes her spells to come out incorrectly. She desperately wants her grandma, the official Hotel Witch of the Grand Mirror Hotel, to teach her some spells from The Book of Advanced and Dangerous Magic, but Grandma insists she must learn to concentrate first! Until then, she is limited to the very boring Book of Domestic Magic. When Grandma accidentally becomes trapped in last Tuesday, Sybil bravely agrees to become the official Hotel Witch until she returns. But when the shadows in the hotel start disappearing, with alarming consequences, Sybil suspects something truly dangerous is afoot. With only her best friend Ahmed the lift operator, and Alfonso the judgemental hotel cat, for assistance, how can she hope to save the day armed only with simple housekeeping spells? In addition to delivering a charming lesson in self-belief and independence, The Hotel Witch also offers a discreet exercise in mindfulness; Sybil must learn focus and concentration in order to perform her duties and save the hotel from imminent disaster. Imaginative eight- to 10-year-olds will devour this tremendously fun and funny tale, but it is also gentle enough to read together with younger children. Hannah Gardiner has been a bookseller since the pre-Titlepage era. Books+Publishing is Australias number-one source of pre-publication book reviews.
About The Author
Jessica Miller
Jessica Miller is a children’s writer from Brisbane, currently living in London. Her first novel, Elizabeth and Zenobia, was shortlisted for the Text Prize and the Readings Prize and was a CBCA Notable Book, as was her second book, The Republic of Birds.
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