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The Bewitching of Aveline Jones
by Phil Hickes
Oh, how I wish I would have had Aveline Jones on my bookshelf when I was younger. Adventure, mystery, folklore, witchcraft, sleepovers, fish and chips! - it’s got everything that a 10-year-old me would have absolutely adored.
Aveline and her mum have come away to Norton Wick for their summer holiday. Their cottage sits beside an ancient stone circle that the villagers refer to as the Witch Stones, and she is looking forward to learning more about them. “Ghosts, ghouls and witches (are), of course, her specialist subject.”
She soon bumps into a rather strange girl called Hazel. Unpredictable and overly friendly, mysterious and impossibly cool, Aveline instantly falls under her spell and is even willing to ditch her friend, Harold, just to spend more time with her. But it doesn’t take long for Aveline to start becoming suspicious of her new friend. Can she really perform magic? How does she know so much about the Witch Stones? Where does she keep disappearing to? What on earth does she have against Alice, the local vicar?
With beautiful illustrations by Keith Robinson, The Bewitching of Aveline Jones is a captivating read which manages to feel summery and spooky at the same time. At 256 pages you’ll want to finish it in one sitting, but you might want to sleep with the light on when you’re done! It’s the perfect story to read by torchlight.
Aveline and her mum have come away to Norton Wick for their summer holiday. Their cottage sits beside an ancient stone circle that the villagers refer to as the Witch Stones, and she is looking forward to learning more about them. “Ghosts, ghouls and witches (are), of course, her specialist subject.”
She soon bumps into a rather strange girl called Hazel. Unpredictable and overly friendly, mysterious and impossibly cool, Aveline instantly falls under her spell and is even willing to ditch her friend, Harold, just to spend more time with her. But it doesn’t take long for Aveline to start becoming suspicious of her new friend. Can she really perform magic? How does she know so much about the Witch Stones? Where does she keep disappearing to? What on earth does she have against Alice, the local vicar?
With beautiful illustrations by Keith Robinson, The Bewitching of Aveline Jones is a captivating read which manages to feel summery and spooky at the same time. At 256 pages you’ll want to finish it in one sitting, but you might want to sleep with the light on when you’re done! It’s the perfect story to read by torchlight.