The Winter Solstice Grand Tournament is fast approaching, and Bea Black is ready to shine! Determined to prove herself, she's spending more time practicing magic and less time with her best friend, Ash. He’s not happy about it and suspects something is up. Will she be able to continue to keep her magic a secret from him?Bea Black is all settled into her new life in Little Spellshire, a town with a magical secret. She’s made a bunch of friends at witch school, and she’s even learned how to levitate a frog (well, almost). And with the Winter Solstice Grand Tournament coming up, she’s ready to shine! Determined to prove herself, Bea has been spending more time practicing magic and less time with her best friend, Ash. He’s not happy about it and suspects something is up. Will she be able to continue to keep her magic a secret from him? With black-and-white illustrations throughout.
Told through Bea's diary entries, the
Diary of an Accidental Witch series invites readers to follow Bea on a humorous journey of self-discovery as she learns where she truly belongs.
On sale: February 13, 2024
Age: 6-9 years
Grade: Grades 1-4
Page count: 128 Pages
ISBN: 9781664340732
Reading level: Fountas/Pinnell: T
Perdita and Honor Cargill are a mother/daughter writing partnership and the authors of the series
Waiting for Callback. Originally from the Scottish Highlands, Perdita spent many years as a lawyer before turning to writing fiction. Honor, having recently graduated from Oxford, is working on fiction and nonfiction writing projects as well as studying for a masters degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art. They both live in London.
Katie Saunders knew she wanted to be an illustrator when she had a picture published in Twinkie Magazine at the age of five. Katie worked as a teacher before becoming a full-time illustrator. Katie lives in Kent with her partner, two children, two cats, and a crazy sausage dog named Rolo.
Bea Black is all settled into her new life in Little Spellshire, a town with a magical secret. She's made a bunch of friends at witch school, and she's even learned how to levitate a frog (well, almost). And with the Winter Solstice Grand Tournament coming up, she's ready to shine! Determined to prove herself, Bea has been spending more time practicing magic and less time with her best friend, Ash. He's not happy about it and suspects something is up. Will she be able to continue to keep her magic a secret from him? With black-and-white illustrations throughout. Critique: Told through Bea's diary entries, the Diary of an Accidental Witch series invites young readers to follow Bea on a humorous journey of self-discovery as she learns where she truly belongs. The "Diary of an Accidental Witch" also includes: "New Girl", "Ghostly Getaway", "Unexpected Guests", "Magic Every After", and "Halloween Ball". Nicely illustrated by Katie Saunders, the "Diary of an Accidental Witch" series is especially and unreservedly recommended for elementary school and community library fiction collections for children ages 6-9. --Midwest Book Review--Children's Bookwatch
