num_pages: 208
description: This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in with some real-life witches! "In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ordinary jobs. That is why they are so hard to catch." Witches, as our hero learns, hate children. With the help of a friend and his somewhat-magical grandmother, our hero tries to expose the witches before they dispose of him. Ages 7-12.
language: English
title: The Witches
titlecomplete: The Witches
characters: Boy Narrator, The Grand High Witch, Boy's Grandmother
genres: Fiction, Magic, Witches, Horror, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Humor, Classics, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 384527
places: Norway, Bournemouth, England
awards: awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Children's Novel, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards
category: Read Alone, awardedAt: 504950400000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Younger Readers
publisher: Puffin