This spellbinding fantasy begs for a cozy chair and several hours of uninterrupted reading time. --Nerdy Book Club A Washington Post Best Book of 2014 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2014 A Kirkus Reviews Best Children\'s Book of 2014 A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2014. --The New York Times This is a book to treasure. --Minneapolis Star Tribune The Witch\'s Boy ] should open young readers\' eyes to something that is all around them in the very world we live in: the magic of words.
Can they trust each other long enough to cross a dangerous enchanted forest and stop the war about to boil over between their two kingdoms? Barnhill is a fantasist on the order of Neil Gaiman.
When the Bandit King comes to steal the magic Ned\'s mother, a witch, is meant to protect, ine and Ned meet.
Across the forest that borders Ned\'s village, ine, the daughter of the Bandit King, is haunted by her mother\'s last words: The wrong boy will save your life, and you will save his.
Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. -- The Washington Post When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging river, only Ned survives.
This spellbinding fantasy begs for a cozy chair and several hours of uninterrupted reading time
