The Witch's Boy
Book Details
Author(s)
Barnhill, Kelly
Publisher
Algonquin Young Readers
ISBN / ASIN
161620351X
ISBN-13
9781616203511
Availability
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Sales Rank
#127,080
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
A Washington Post Best Book of 2014
A Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2014
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014
A Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best" 2014
The wrong boy will save your life, and you will save his.
When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic Ned s mother, a witch, is meant to protect, it s Ned who safeguards the magic and summons the strength to protect his family and community.
Meanwhile, across the enchanted forest that borders Ned s village lives ine, the resourceful and pragmatic daughter of the Bandit King, who is haunted by her mother s last wordsto her: The wrong boy will save your life and you will save his. When ine s and Ned s paths cross, can they trust each other long enough to stop the war that s about to boil over between their two kingdoms?
A Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2014
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014
A Chicago Public Library "Best of the Best" 2014
The wrong boy will save your life, and you will save his.
When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic Ned s mother, a witch, is meant to protect, it s Ned who safeguards the magic and summons the strength to protect his family and community.
Meanwhile, across the enchanted forest that borders Ned s village lives ine, the resourceful and pragmatic daughter of the Bandit King, who is haunted by her mother s last wordsto her: The wrong boy will save your life and you will save his. When ine s and Ned s paths cross, can they trust each other long enough to stop the war that s about to boil over between their two kingdoms?
