num_pages: 202
description: A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches' plot to destroy the world's children by turning them into mice.
language: English
title: The Witches
titlecomplete: The Witches
characters: Boy's Grandmother, Boy Narrator, The Grand High Witch
genres: Fiction, Humor, Witches, Classics, Magic, Young Adult, Childrens, Horror, Fantasy, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 384437
places: Bournemouth, England, Norway
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: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)