num_pages: 208
description: This is not a fairy-tale. This is about real witches. Real witches don't ride around on broomsticks. They don't even wear black cloaks and hats. They are vile, cunning, detestable creatures who disguise themselves as nice, ordinary ladies. So how can you tell when you're face to face with one? Well, if you don't know yet you'd better find out quickly-because there's nothing a witch loathes quite as much as children and she'll wield all kinds of terrifying powers to get rid of them.
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: 384456
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 Group