num_pages: 201
description: From the World's No. 1 Storyteller,  The Witches  is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations.This is not a fairy tale. This is about  real  witches.Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories—but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself!Now a major motion picture!
language: English
title: The Witches
titlecomplete: The Witches
characters: The Grand High Witch, Boy's Grandmother, Boy Narrator
genres: Classics, Fantasy, Childrens, Witches, Humor, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction, Magic, Horror
ratings_count: 384430
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: Penguin Young Readers Group