Product Description

The Grand High Witch of all the World has gathered together the witches of England for an annual conference at the Hotel Magnificent in Bournemouth. Their agenda is the elimination of all the children in the country and the prospects for their young victims look bleak. But her Grand High Witch and her cronies have reckoned without the spark and ingenuity of a young guest at the hotel and his rather brilliant grandmother.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #862053 in Books
• Published on: 1987-12-27
• Released on: 1987-12-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

From Amazon.com
This Roald Dahl classic tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven-year-old boy who has a run-in with some real-life witches! "In fairy tales witches always wear silly black hats and black cloaks and they ride on broomsticks. But this is not a fairy tale. This is about REAL WITCHES. REAL WITCHES dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ordinary jobs. That is why they are so hard to catch." Witches, as our hero learns, hate children. With the help of a friend and his somewhat-magical grandmother, our hero tries to expose the witches before they dispose of him. Ages 7-12.

From AudioFile
Marsh's performance has a sinister side that may be too scary to the audience Dahl intends to delight. The abridgment cuts too much context, which would otherwise mitigate frightening details. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Ingram
A courageous young boy struggles to save the children of Britain from the nasty schemes of the Grand High Witch of the World. Book available.