num_pages: 394
description: Wanted by no one.Hunted by everyone.Sixteen-year-old Nathan lives in a cage: beaten shackled trained to kill. In a modern-day England where two warring factions of witches live amongst humans Nathan is an abomination the illegitimate son of the world's most terrifying and violent witch Marcus. Nathan's only hope for survival is to escape his captors track down Marcus and receive the three gifts that will bring him into his own magical powersbefore it's too late. But how can Nathan find his father when there is no one safe to trust not even family not even the girl he loves?Half Bad is an international sensation and the start of a brilliant trilogy: a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive.
language: English
title: Half Bad
publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers