Broomstick Battles

Witch-in-Training #5

by Maeve Friel, Nathan Reed (Illustrator)

A fifth magical adventure about everyone's favourite witch-in-training. Witches and magic, spells and potions...there's so much to learn when you are a witch-in-training! The fifth adventure for ten-year-old Jessica, who is training to be a witch with the legendary Miss Strega. Jess discovers that flying wasn't always as simple as jumping on a broom and that, long ago, witches had to fight for the right to fly. To find out more, Jessica learns how to Spell Backwards, that is, to go back in time...

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

I was born in Derry (Northern Ireland) where I went to Thornhill College and then studied sociology in University College Dublin. I have lived all over the place since then and have worked as a teacher, a translator, a secretary and a tour guide before taking up full time writing.

I wrote several short stories for adults which were broadcast by BBC Radio 4. Then I wrote Irrational Developments, a story inspired by the protests about water shortages in a small Spanish village. It was published in the Sunday Tribune and went on to win the 1990 Hennessy Literary Award. That encouraged me to keep writing.

Since then I have written 19 books for children of all ages as well as lots of short stories which appear in many anthologies. I live in Dublin and also have a hideaway in that same small Spanish village where I am surrounded by orange orchards.

Reviews

[travelmel]

I'm just bookmarking this to remind myself to rent the VIDEO Battle of the Broomsticks around Halloween time. Cute movie the girls might like.