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When there's a murder in the village and a hag is heard howling at the local inn, secret witch Raven Charming realises she could have a rival - one who practises the worst kind of magic. With the help of amateur sleuth, Mortimer Scratch, and Nightshade, a talking cat with a feline sense of detection, she sets out to solve what's been going on....

Willow Moss, the youngest and least powerful sister in a family of witches, recently saved the world. The problem is, nobody can remember it – and, to make matters worse, her magical ability seems broken. Instead of finding lost things, objects keep disappearing against her will...which is especially troubling now that her friend Sometimes needs her help!

Ivy and Maple have been best friends ever since they were born at exactly the same minute 12 years earlier. They're always on the look-out for a new adventure, but unfortunately Crowood Peak is officially the most boring town in the world. Or at least it was until children start to mysteriously disappear and, even stranger, none of the grown-ups seem to have noticed. It's up to the Double Trouble Society to work out what's going on. All the evidence points to the old mansion next door with strange green lights in the windows and a new owner who looks suspiciously like a witch!

The time has come for Adam and his friends to again face Spooksville’s most powerful citizen, Ms. Ann Templeton. Sally says the woman is definitely a witch, but Adam and Watch are not so certain. To find the truth, they visit her castle together. There they find both good and bad: creatures more horrible than anything they could imagine, but also magical tools that can create the most wonderful things. But will these tools help Adam and his friends? Or are they just instruments to trick them and make them slaves of the mysterious Ann Templeton?

Welcome to Hazard. An ordinary town where strangeness is a way of life. A town where sink holes appear with no warning, where people go missing way too often and where things really DO go bump in the night … To Travis and his classmates, Hazard is home. But when they’re set a school project to investigate the history of the town, they soon realise that something strange and alien lies beneath Hazard. What can they learn from their investigations into the mysterious witch in the woods? And – if the witch does exist – will they make it home to tell the tale…?

When the cafeteria lists "Chef’s Special" on their daily menu, a curious young girl sets out to solve the mystery. While snooping around the school kitchen, she spots a lunch lady she's never seen before—with a crooked nose, green skin, and a pointy hat! Is the lunch lady a witch?

When 12-year-old Adam and his Mom buy an old wardrobe at a local furniture store, an old woman begins to yell at them. She claims that the wardrobe belongs to her, and that they have no right to have it. The store owner shoos away the old woman and apologizes, explaining that "The Witch" has been causing problems and shouting curses at people in the neighborhood for years. Everything seems fine until later that day. When the movers are delivering the wardrobe to Adam's apartment, its door suddenly swings open and The Witch falls out of it—dead!

After moving to the tiny village of Biskopskulla, middle school student Clara Hutchins discovers that her family has a history in the region: one hundred forty years ago, one of her ancestors was hanged as a witch from the white oak tree on the edge of town. When Clara finds a mildewed diary in the basement, she's even able to read the rambling thoughts of her long-dead relative. But when the book's predictions about Clara's own life start coming true, she wonders if those nineteenth-century villagers had a point: maybe her great-great-great grandmother really did have unearthly abilities.

Marcus is an agent of the Library - a place filled with tales that don't have an ending. Mysteries that won't be solved until Marcus and his friends Theo and Lu step in to finish them. Before it's too late. Because mysterious accidents are disturbing a middle school in Massachusetts. Windows shatter for no reason. Bleachers collapse at a pep rally. Most of the students think they're just having a string of bad luck, but Marcus suspects something a lot more dangerous. Something like witchcraft. When the black moon rises, this story must come to an end...one way or another.

Stella Montgomery is in disgrace. The Aunts have sent her to Wakestone Hall, a grim boarding school where the disobedient are tamed and the wilful are made meek.

This is the fourth story in the exciting girls' book series called Witch Trouble. These children's books are short stories about magic, aimed at girls aged five through eight. Ivy is back in Creekwood but for good this time, and she is ready to confront Aunt Clara. What of Old Maisie? Can she still do magic if she hasn't got her spell book? Use your detective skills to help Ivy find all the answers she is looking for, and help solve the mystery that surrounds Aunt Clara.

It's "double trouble" for Ivy and her friend Jessica in this second installment of the exciting audiobook series called Witch Trouble. Ivy is staying with Aunt Clara; however, she isn't the only visitor in Creekwood. Old Maisie, the local witch, has her sister staying with her, meaning there are now two witches in the village. Mayhem, chaos, and destruction follow, with Ivy finding herself in real danger of being turned into a toy! Will the girls choose to save Old Maisie?

On a rainy day, Lilah gets inspired while observing a storm and decides to visit the Valley of Grandu to pick pumpkins for Halloween. She plans to decorate her room and the Palace of Snipperdoom entrance with spooky decor. To make the trip more thrilling, she invites her best friend, Callderon Frostier, a young and talented Wizzard studying at the prestigious Alstromian Magical Learning Academy (AMLA). The two friends plan to visit the Pumpkin Patch, but unfortunately, their plans get canceled when a wicked Witch and her goblin accomplices steal the entire stock of magical purple pumpkins.

No Children Allowed, is a curious sign to see outside a toyshop. Perdita certainly thought so. But there it was for all to see, as plain as the nose on her face. When children and old men and animals start disappearing from the town, who is to blame? Everyone says THEY are, those strange people who camp by the forest. That’s where the witch lives. But Perdita knows, you should never judge a book by its cover, and the first rule in her How to Become a Detective Manual, is that everyone is innocent until proved guilty

Christmas has arrived in Creekwood, but not all is merry, in the third instalment of the exciting girl's book series, Witch Trouble.

Ivy Green has arrived in Creekwood village in search of Aunt Clara, who has mysteriously vanished. She soon discovers a witch called Old Maisie who has moved into Creekwood and is causing all sorts of trouble for the villagers. Could Old Maisie have something to do with her great-aunt's disappearance?

Dans le cadre d’un événement élaboré en vue d’une édition spéciale de La Gazette des étoiles savantes, les 4Z souhaitent présenter au club de lecture le célèbre animateur de la populaire émission Chasseurs d’insolite, Herménégilde Vaillant, de même que la nouvelle bibliothécaire, Ursula Brilaquou. Une première rencontre avec la femme laisse toutefois les quatre journalistes stupéfaits. Madame Ursula semble avoir un don pour déclencher des orages et faire exploser les ampoules électriques.

Rose Rita wishes she could go to camp like her best friend, Lewis. She's sure that boys get to have all the fun - until Mrs. Zimmermann offers her an adventure of her own. Mrs. Zimmermann's cousin Oley has left her his farm as well as a ring that he thinks is magic. But when the two arrive at the deserted farm, the ring has mysteriously vanished. What power does it have? And will the person who took it use the ring to do evil?

The Happy Hollisters are excited about the upcoming autumn season, with plans for pumpkin decorating, bobbing for apples, and the Shoreham Halloween parade. They decide to host a party for their friends and Farmer Johnson offers the use of his barn for the festivities in exchange for the children’s help selling pumpkins at his farm stand. The mysteries begin almost right away, when the horn on Farmer Johnson's old Model T Ford begins to blow...when no one is in the car!

What would summer camp be without a good case of poison ivy? When Rebekah's best friend, Mouse, can't stop itching his arm, she insists that he needs a visit to the nurse's cabin. While inside, she can't help but notice all the strange bottles and the smell! Good grief! The smell of the stuff she puts on the camper's ailments is disgusting. Rebekah may have thought the day's events odd but not too mysterious until she saw the glow... That's when everything changed, and she knew that she had another mystery on her hands.