num_pages: 240
description: Vivian Vande Velde's spellbinding short stories are filled with magic and mayhem. Witness the boy who breaks his dance date because he's too cheap to spend money on her. He learns about spells the hard way in Curses, Inc. What happens when a woman brings her son back from the dead in "The Witch's Son"? Many folks go to Granny Orilla for remedies. Does a cure or a curse await in "Cypress Swamp Granny"? These haunting stories will put you under their spell.
language: English
title: Curses Inc. and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Curses Inc. and Other Stories (Laurel-Leaf Books)
genres: Fiction, Teen, Magic, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Anthologies, Young Adult Fantasy, Horror, Fantasy, Short Stories
ratings_count: 965
publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Ltd.