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Dido Twite’s sharp wits are put to the test in this new adventure in the Wolves Chronicles. After King Richard dies, Dido’s good pal Simon is put on the English throne, but he hates being cooped up in drafty St. James Palace, and his crusty old advisors won’t let him have any fun at all. If only another descendent of the king could be found, Simon would gladly be replaced. Never short a solution, Dido discovers a lead to another member of the royal line. But no one knows exactly who—or where—the child is.
The masterful storyteller Joan Aiken once again invites readers into a spellbinding world of magic, mystery, and mayhem—with a dose of “proper” English hilarity, of course.
The masterful storyteller Joan Aiken once again invites readers into a spellbinding world of magic, mystery, and mayhem—with a dose of “proper” English hilarity, of course.
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"Dido, a child Odysseus, is one of the great fictional heroines" (Amanda Craig The Times)
"What I relish in particular is the swiftness of the telling, the vigour with which brilliant moments of perception seem to be imporvised in the sheer delight of the onward rush of the story" (Philip Pullman)
""Quirky" is a word which could have been invented to describe the books in this series . . . What they are, first and foremost, is fun" (Philip Ardagh Observer)
"To the last, energy and invention show no sign of flapping" (Jan Mark TES)
"Brilliant in its own right, The Witch of Clatteringshaws is also a wholly satisfying ending to Joan Aiken's long-running and original saga of Dido Twite and her friend Simon Battersea" (Julia Eccleshare Guardian)
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"What I relish in particular is the swiftness of the telling, the vigour with which brilliant moments of perception seem to be imporvised in the sheer delight of the onward rush of the story" (Philip Pullman)
""Quirky" is a word which could have been invented to describe the books in this series . . . What they are, first and foremost, is fun" (Philip Ardagh Observer)
"To the last, energy and invention show no sign of flapping" (Jan Mark TES)
"Brilliant in its own right, The Witch of Clatteringshaws is also a wholly satisfying ending to Joan Aiken's long-running and original saga of Dido Twite and her friend Simon Battersea" (Julia Eccleshare Guardian)
The last book in The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (James III) saga. Simon Battersea, now King of England, is not happy with his lot but his old friend, Dido Twite, anxious to release him from his royal duties, sets off to Scotland in search of another heir to the throne. Enlisting the help of the Witch of Clatteringshaws, she fulfills her mission. A satisfying end to an epic series of books.
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- PublisherYearling Books
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0440420377
- ISBN 13 9780440420378
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages131
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