These stories deserve, and will reward, a wide readership. Lindsey Fraser The Guardian
Another fantastic Black Cat …
Sue Purkiss
Changing Brooms
Jess longs to train to become a proper witch, but her family can’t afford the tuition fees, and so she’s stuck being an apprentice to Agnes Moonthistle, whose services as a witch aren’t at all in demand — because she’s not very good. However, when the TV programme, Changing Brooms, offers the chance to use magic to win ten thousand pounds, Jess may have found her escape route …
Black Cats — collect them all!
The Gold-spectre • Elizabeth Arnold
The Ramsbottom Rumble • Georgia Byng
Calamity Kate • Terry Deary
The Custard Kid • Terry Deary
Footsteps in the Fog • Terry Deary
The Ghosts of Batwing Castle • Terry Deary
Ghost Town • Terry Deary
The Joke Factory • Terry Deary
The Treasure of Crazy Horse • Terry Deary
The Wishing Well Ghost • Terry Deary
A Witch in Time • Terry Deary
Bryony Bell Tops the Bill • Franzeska G. Ewart
Planimal Magic • Rebecca Lisle
Eyes Wide Open • Jan Mark
The Gods are Watching • Caroline Pitcher
Dear Ms • Joan Poulson
Changing Brooms • Sue Purkiss
Spook School • Sue Purkiss
It’s a Tough Life • Jeremy Strong
Quirky Times at Quagmire Castle • Karen Wallace
Something Slimy on Primrose Drive • Karen Wallace
Drucilla and the Cracked Pot • Lynda Waterhouse
Arf and the Happy Campers • Philip Wooderson
Moonmallow Smoothie • Philip Wooderson
Text copyright © 2004 Franzeska G Ewart
Illustrations copyright © 2004 Kelly Waldek
First published 2004 by A & C Black
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