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When orphans Ben and Jennet arrive in the seaside town of Whitby to stay with Alice Boston, they have no idea what to expect. Ben is gifted with 'the sight', which gives him the power to see things invisible to other mortals. But a darkness is stalking the streets of Whitby, bringing with it fear and death.

When a new family moves into a house in Pendle, they discover a witch's bottle filled with curses. Soon the spirits of those accused of witchcraft in the infamous Pendle Witch Trials of 1612 are released, wreaking havoc in the area. Eve, Clovis and Tom are enlisted to investigate in their latest and most challenging mission yet. Together with their mentor, Professor Rufus, they must go up against the ghosts of the Pendle witches. But the ghosts are hellbent on possessing the descendants of those who were responsible for their deadly trials.

Twelve-year-old Annabel Wood is sure of one thing: magic doesn’t exist. She’s already lost her mother, and now a war is tearing her family apart. When Annabel and her little sister, Lottie, are sent to live with their uncle at mysterious Morven Manor, Annabel wants nothing more than to return to her old life. But the sleepy village of Little Morven hides secrets. What are the strange standing stones lurking on the outskirts of the village, and why does Lottie insist she hears singing there?

Child of Air, Water, Earth or Fire: now that she is 13, Storm must undertake The Choosing and be claimed by one of the Elementals, which will determine her whole life’s work. But for Storm, daughter of a father murdered by Water and a warrior mother claimed by Earth, there will be no easy destiny. The Elementals bestow her with a great and terrible gift. Storm-bringer. Storm-rider. Storm-queller. Storm has powers that no one, not even the island Elders, can understand.

At twelve years old Betty Steady stands tall and dazzling, and is the Guardian of Wobbly Rock – a faraway kingdom which she protects fearlessly all on her own. But then the Toad Witch literally cuts Betty down to size. Can Betty prevent disaster before the Toad Witch and her evil army launch a terrible attack on Wobbly Rock? And when will she learn that she doesn't have to do stuff all on her own any more? Join us for fights and friendships! Lasagne-eating snails and slimy villains!

Yesterday Crumb is no ordinary girl - and she's about to face her biggest challenge yet. With magic in every teacup, this is perfect for listeners aged 8-12 and fans of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency and Starfell. Yesterday Crumb is determined, brave and nearly ready to defeat a formidable foe...

The war is over, and Arianwyn has discovered the secret of the quiet glyphs, but her troubles are far from over. Her day-to-day work as Lull's witch is tricky enough: winter has set in, bringing bad weather, ice imps and befuddling Yule traditions. But when Arianwyn's grandmother is abducted by the traitor on the Council, our witch faces her greatest challenge yet.

In the third book of this thrilling fantasy series a twelve-year-old nonbinary knight-in-training, a reluctant crown prince, a fierce young witch, and her troubled twin brother fight for the heart of their kingdom in a medieval world of dragons and magic. Being a hero is nothing like the ballads...

Thirteen years ago, magic was banished and the witches were hunted. Sisters Spel and Egg are the daughters of witches, but they grow up in Miss Mouldheel’s School for Wicked Girls with no idea who they really are. Until the day the message arrives telling them to run. The message sends them to a funeral parlour in a far away village—and their new guardian, the Undertaker, has a secret. Beneath the funeral parlour is a portal to the Other Ways—four worlds that lie parallel to ours. When Egg vanishes through the portal, Spel knows she must try to save her sister.

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?

Willkommen im zauberhaften Silberwald! Tauche ein in die fesselnde Welt von „Die Hexe Dori – Sommer im Silberwald: Die Wunder zwischen den Blüten“. In diesem magischen Hörbuch begleiten dich Dori, der Bär Wilfried und die schlaue Katze Fleck auf einer aufregenden Reise voller Abenteuer und Entdeckungen. Stell dir vor, wie die bunten Blumen im Sommer blühen und die fröhlichen Bienen geschäftig umherfliegen.

Martha lives in the small village of Cherry Hillsbottom with her eccentric grandfather, Professor Gramps, and her small pet hog, Elvis. Life gets really exciting though when, on her way to school one day, she discovers a rather bedraggled-looking witch in a ditch. Griselda Gritch (the witch) tells a thrilled and alarmed Martha that she has accidentally let loose a ghastly ghoul that Griselda was trying to catch - and Martha is going to have to help her to get it back again!

Herzlich Willkommen im zauberhaften Silberwald! Stell dir vor, du trittst in eine Welt, in der der Schnee glitzert wie Millionen kleiner Diamanten und der Winter In einem stillen Wispern die Geschichten längst vergangener Zeiten erzählt.In diesem magischen Reich lebt die mutige Hexe Dori zusammen mit ihrem treuen Gefährten, dem gemütlichen Bären Wilfried, und der abenteuerlustigen Katze Fleck.

Twelve-year-old Tor Luna was born with a leadership emblem, just like his mother. But he hates his mark and is determined to choose a different path for himself. So, on the annual New Year's Eve celebration, where Emblemites throw their wishes into a bonfire in the hopes of having them granted, Tor wishes for a different power. The next morning Tor wakes up to discover a new marking on his skin...the symbol of a curse that has shortened his lifeline, giving him only a week before an untimely death.

Zola lives in a quartz cottage on the very last cliff of anywhere, with only the vast, silent Void for a neighbor. She's sure she's the loneliest girl in the universe. But one night, the Void... whispers. It’s a tiny, shivering, lonely sound that pulls at her heart. To answer it, Zola must captain her great-grandmother’s ship, a magical vessel woven from moonlight and twine. With jars of cinnamon-scented starlight for fuel, she leaps into the inky black.

The new gymnastics teacher likes cats, brooms, and funny rhymes, that sound awfully close to spells. Could Miss Brewbaker really be a witch?

Join Sajji on an enchanting adventure in the heart of South Africa, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary. Sajji is a sweet and intellectually curious young girl with a heart as vast as the African savannah. Her journey takes a mystical turn when she discovers the world of tarot cards. From a neighborhood oddity to the beloved local mystic, Sajji's insights and compassion draw people from all corners of the globe.

Grimalkin is a cat. A very curious cat. He is also a witch’s cat, and that is why he often finds himself in trouble. But his curiosity about magic has gotten him into trouble more times than he could count. Grim is the assistant cat to Esme, a young witch who attends the Spellhaven School for Witches.

What if you were adopted by witches? There's something very odd going on in Anna Kelly's new home – her guardians, Grizz and Wormella Mint, are witches, and they want Anna to help them with their nasty spells! Poor Anna gets stuck in their horrible house, chopping up toadstools and scrambling frogspawn, with no-one but Charlie the cat for company. She'd much rather be out playing. When she discovers an evil, old spell book in the cellar – can Anna make the magic work for her?

In The Curious Adventures of Jimmy McGee, Jimmy McGee is a tiny leprechaun-like man who thinks of himself as nothing more than a plumber. But Jimmy's life of turning on water and fixing dripping faucets is disrupted when he rescues Amy's doll, Little Lydia, from a monstrous wave that sweeps her off the beach. In The Witch Family, Old Witch likes nothing better than to fly about on her broomstick crying “Heh-Heh!” and casting abracadabras, but now she has been sent away... by two young girls.