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Ibbotson, Eva: Which witch?
Buchtipps | Englische Bücher
Arriman Canker, the awful single wizard of the North is desperate, because he needs a wife as he wants to have a son to take over his duties. Arriman decides to marry one of the seven witches from Todcaster and he arranges a contest: the witch that performs the blackest act of magic will be his bride.
Belladonna, the smallest and shyest witch of the coven, wants to win, because she has fallen in love with Arriman. But she has one problem – she is a good witch and cannot perform black magic, no matter how hard she tries. Until she meets Terence and his Earthworm Rover …
What I liked about the book was that Eva Ibbotson has a very funny writing style. The story of Arriman and his witches is very amusing and exciting up to the end of the book. I really like this book, and I can only recommend it.
There also were a few things I didn’t like so much. Sometimes I didn’t understand words, which are no longer in use, because they are only used in ‚witch-stories‘.
At first I didn’t want to read this book, because I usually don’t like stories with witches or magicians, but this story was really great!
I think the whole story and its language are at the right level for 11 – 14-year-old children.
Ibbotson, Eva: Which witch?
Pages: 230
Shelf mark: FE.J/IBB
Genre: fantasy
Themes: magic, love, good and evil
Rating: *****
© Mona Mayerhofer, 5A (Oktober 2012)
Bild © Lukas Wickl, 4C, 2017