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Witch Born

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by Bowling, Nicholas

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Two queens, two religions, two visions for the future of the nation. Fleeing to London with a witch hunter on her trail, Alyce discovers her own dark magic and lands herself embroiled in the struggle in this dark, twisty, and thrillingly original debut.

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  • Title Witch Born
  • Author Bowling, Nicholas
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chicken House
  • Features Dust Cover
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GOR012886881
  • ISBN 9781338277531 / 1338277537
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.2 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 3.05 cm)
  • Ages 12 to 17 years
  • Grade levels 7 - 12
  • Reading level 760
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 16th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Mothers and daughters, Magic
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2018033244
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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From the rear cover

Alyce's mother has just been burnt at the stake for practicing witchcraft. With only a thin set of instructions and a witch's mommet for guidance, Alyce must face the world that she's been sealed off from -- a world of fear and superstition. With a witch

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Citations

  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 10/01/2018, Page 0
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2019, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 07/15/2018, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 07/01/2018, Page 67
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, 10/01/2018, Page 0

About the author

Nicholas Bowling is an author, stand-up comic, musician, and Latin teacher from London. He graduated from Oxford University in 2007 with a BA in Classics and English, and again in 2010 with a Masters in Greek and Latin Language and Literature, before moving to his first teaching job at Trinity School, Croydon. While writing Witchborn, he also performed a solo show at the Edinburgh festival, and has co-written, recorded and released an album and two EPs with soul-folk singer Mary Erskine, Me For Queen. Witchborn is his debut novel.