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Format:
Book
Title:
The witch's boy
ISBN:
9781616203511

9780605860896
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2014.
Physical Description:
372 pages : map ; 22 cm
Summary:
When Ned and his identical twin brother Tam tumble from their raft into a raging, bewitched river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. Sure enough, Ned grows up weak and slow, and stays as much as possible within the safe boundaries of his family's cottage and yard. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic that 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. In the meantime, in another kingdom across the forest that borders Ned's village lives Áine, the resourceful and pragmatic daughter of the Bandit King. She is haunted by her mother's last words to her: "The wrong boy will save your life and you will save his." But when Áine and Ned's paths cross, can they trust each other long enough to make their way through the treacherous woods and stop the war about to boil over?
Reading Level:
Ages 9-14.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader 4.7.

Reading Counts 6-8 3.5 21.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 13.0 168165.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 3.5 21 Quiz: 64347.
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