This is as fun and unorthodox as anything Roald Dahl ever wrote, and he wrote some very strange books indeed. She’s not good a telling fantasy stories, so she tells him the truth…there are witches in the world, out to get every small child. Our hero is an 8-year-old boy who lost his parents in a car accident and now Gramma is raising him, But Gramma smokes cigars non-stop, keeps our lad supplied with ice cream, and likes to go to the casino (“why can’t an 8-year-old gamble, anyway”). That’s just the smallest example of Dahl’s unorthodox humor. One boy became a dolphin another turned into a stone statue, eventually used as a hat rack. Another was turned into a chicken, Her parents were heartbroken but at least they had a fresh egg each morning. One little girl ate a poison apple and lived the rest of her life in a painting on her family’s wall.
When an eight-year-old boy and his grandmother come face-to-face with the Grand High Witch herself, they may be the only ones who can stop the witches’ latest plot to stamp out every last child in the country!Ī dynamic new take on a uniquely funny tale, by the award-winning author of Gremlins, Eisner Award-winning artist Pénélope Bagieu!
They wear ordinary clothes and have ordinary jobs, living in ordinary towns all across the world - and there’s nothing they despise more than children. Witches are real, and they are very, very dangerous. Roald Dahl’s darkly funny masterpiece is now a graphic novel. Pin-Up & Adult –You must be 18 or older.Although the characters and events are fictional, children may actually believe the information about the witches to be true. It is entertaining however, readers might not like reading about witches.
"An orphan boy.discovers the true nature of witches and then has the misfortune to be transformed into a mouse by The Grand High Witch of All the World.A curious but honest tale which deals with matters of crucial importance to children: smallness, the existence of evil in the world, mourning, separation, death." -The New York Times BookĪuthor Website: Personal Evaluation: This book is an easy read. Reviews and Awards: Notable/Best Books (ALA), Booklist When they go on vacation in a fancy hotel, they discover that the witches they device a plan on how to defeat The Grand High Witch and her followers. His grandmother teaches him how to tell real witches and talked about their leader, The Grand High Witch. Summary: A young English boy moves in with her grandmother and learns about witches. If you see a bald lady, flat-footed and has long distorted fingers, run! Run as fast and far away as you can for they may be after you! Reader's Annotation: How do you spot a real witch? Look hard if they are wearing a wig, wide shoes and gloves.
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