Witch Catcher
- Mary Downing Hahn
- Format: Kindle Edition
- File Size: 265 KB
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; None edition
- Language: English
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
Subjects
Children's Books > Animals > CatsChildren's Books > Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror > Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
Children's Books > Family Life
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From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6–As the story launches, 12-year-old Jen and her father are settling into the West Virginia castle they inherited from an eccentric great-uncle. Jen is excited about this new adventure until she meets her father's evil new love interest. Moura, a local antiques dealer, has bewitched Jen's father to gain control of a blown-glass witch catcher inhabited by a certain fairy. Moura and Jen engage in a supernatural tug-of-war as Jen gets drawn into the middle of an age-old battle between fairies and witches. After her cat accidentally releases and befriends the fairy, Kieryn, they face off against Moura and her ilk in a contest to trap the other side forever in the luminous bulbs. Although the story gets off to a slow start, the pace picks up and is sustained with page-turning suspense. Jen makes a brave heroine and a nice foil to Moura's over-the-top evil-stepmother routine. Although some characters are developed more than others, Hahn weaves an engaging story.–Nicki Clausen-Grace, Carillon Elementary School, Oviedo, FLCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Gr. 4-7. Jen and her father have just moved into the enormous old estate left to them by Uncle Thaddeus. The grounds make a fascinating playground for Jen and her cat, Tink, especially the tumbledown stone tower behind the house. Despite an order not to explore there, Jen finds her way inside the tower and up its rickety staircase to a strange room, where she finds odd objects that include a compelling painting of a strange girl. Hanging from the ceiling is a mesmerizingly beautiful glass globe with spout and stopper. When Jen takes and hides the globe, sinister events rapidly unfold. Jen's father becomes bewitched by Moura, an antiquities dealer who desperately desires the globe and who comes between father and daughter. When Tink breaks the globe and the girl depicted in the painting emerges, Jen learns that she must fight Moura's evil hold on both her father and on the world of fairies. A fast-paced, suspenseful fantasy in which an appealing heroine stands against forces seemingly beyond her control. Holly KoellingCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Witch Catcher Reviews
Witch Catcher rated based on 2 ratings 2 reviews
2006-07-03T18:56:06+00:00 E. R. Bird "Ramseelbird" rated :
There are some authors that I associate directly with my own childhood. E.B. White. C.S. Lewis. Shel Silverstein. By and large these authors have two things in common. They wrote for children and they are dead. One particular author from my childhood, however, bears only a single similarity to those I've already mentioned. Certainly she writes for children, but she is definitely not dead. Not even close. I remember well, "Wait Till Helen Comes", which remains one of the best-written children&
There are some authors that I associate directly with my own childhood. E.B. White. C.S. Lewis. Shel Silverstein. By and large these authors have two things in common. They wrote for children and they are dead. One particular author from my childhood, however, bears only a single similarity to those I've already mentioned. Certainly she writes for children, but she is definitely not dead. Not even close. I remember well, "Wait Till Helen Comes", which remains one of the best-written children&
2006-07-29T11:32:05+00:00 Witch Catcher (Hardcover) rated :
I am ashamed to admit that I only recently discovered Mary Downing Hahn's works, but having enjoyed All the Lovely Bad Ones, I am making up for lost time and have several of her books on my Kindle. In"Witch Catcher", a father and his teenage daughter move away from the suburbs to the mountains of West Virginia. Jen's father has inherited a castle-like estate in a remote place in the mountains, far away from grocery stores, pizza places, and other amenities. Jen and her father don't
I am ashamed to admit that I only recently discovered Mary Downing Hahn's works, but having enjoyed All the Lovely Bad Ones, I am making up for lost time and have several of her books on my Kindle. In"Witch Catcher", a father and his teenage daughter move away from the suburbs to the mountains of West Virginia. Jen's father has inherited a castle-like estate in a remote place in the mountains, far away from grocery stores, pizza places, and other amenities. Jen and her father don't
