Age Group: 9 - 12 Years, 12+ Years

Description:

Witch Week is a brilliantly sharp and darkly funny fantasy from Diana Wynne Jones, the third book in the beloved Chrestomanci series. Set in a parallel-world England where witchcraft is commonplace but punishable by burning at the stake, the story begins with a chilling anonymous note discovered in a teacher's marking: Someone in this class is a witch. At Larwood House — a grim boarding school for witch-orphans — the students of class 6B are immediately consumed by suspicion and dread, each desperate to prove it is someone else. But magic keeps bursting out everywhere, and with the dreaded Divisional Inquisitor on his way, things are rapidly spiralling out of control. Only the debonair enchanter Chrestomanci himself can untangle the chaos. A wickedly clever blend of boarding school comedy, persecution allegory, and parallel-world adventure, written with Jones's characteristic wit and invention. Recommended for readers aged 9 and above.