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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Puffin
Publication date
June 1, 1995
Pages
118
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9780140374391
ISBN-10
0140374396
Dimensions
0.50 by 4.50 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.15 lbs.
Original list price
$5.99
Other format details
juvenile
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A midwife-sorceress, tricked by the devil's minions, loses her gifts, is forced to become a witch, and lives her life alone in the forest, until two children--named Hansel and Gretel--wander by. Reprint. SLJ. PW. AB.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: From the author of Zel, Stones in Water, and The Prince of the Pond.
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Deep in the woods lives the old witch called Ugly One. All she wants is to forgetâthe she was once a loving mother and a healer, blessed and powerful within her magic circle, and not a witch, claimed by the devils. Then one day she hears the footsteps she dreads. Then real voicesâchildrenâs voices. The Ugly One longs to take care of sturdy, sensible Gretel and her young brother Hansel. They are such good children, such delicious, beautiful children. But demonsâ voices scream in her head: âEat them!â How can she? . . . How can she not?
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âA brilliantly conceived and beautifully executed novel.ââSchool Library Journal, starred review
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âA work of great strength and powerful emotion, written with immediacy and intensity, filled with beauty and terror and pervading sense of compassion that must touch young and old.ââLloyd Alexander
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An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
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Deep in the woods lives the old witch called Ugly One. All she wants is to forgetâthe she was once a loving mother and a healer, blessed and powerful within her magic circle, and not a witch, claimed by the devils. Then one day she hears the footsteps she dreads. Then real voicesâchildrenâs voices. The Ugly One longs to take care of sturdy, sensible Gretel and her young brother Hansel. They are such good children, such delicious, beautiful children. But demonsâ voices scream in her head: âEat them!â How can she? . . . How can she not?
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âA brilliantly conceived and beautifully executed novel.ââSchool Library Journal, starred review
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âA work of great strength and powerful emotion, written with immediacy and intensity, filled with beauty and terror and pervading sense of compassion that must touch young and old.ââLloyd Alexander
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An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
A Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
Editions
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Puffin (June 1, 1995)
9780140374391 | details & prices | 118 pages | 4.50 × 7.25 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.15 lbs | List price $5.99
About: After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later
About: After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later
School and Library
from Dutton Childrens Books (June 1, 1993)
9780525451273 | details & prices | 118 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.99
About: After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later
About: After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later
Reinforced
from Demco Media (June 1, 1995)
9780606078184 | details & prices | 4.75 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.30 lbs | List price $13.45
About: After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later
About: After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999)
9780785765684 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 7-9 | 0.35 lbs | List price $16.00
About: After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later
About: After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later
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