The Witch's Boy - Hardcover

Gruber, Michael

3.75

1,476 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1416901388 ISBN 13: 9781416901389

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's, 2005

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Lump, the ugliest boy in the world, is abandoned in the forest, where he is found and taken in by a witch. With a bear for a nanny, a genie as a servant and only a cat to talk to, the household is a strange one, but Lump grows up knowing nothing but love. Until one day he has to go out and face the world - and meets rejection at every turn. This is the story of Lump's difficult journey to adulthood, his craving for the magical powers of his mother, and his search for love and acceptance, set against the backdrop of a world full of natural magic in delicate balance, where the slightest disturbance can be catastrophic.

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Review:

"This astonishing fantasy plumbs the depths of the human heart and lays bare its emotions." -- Booklist (starred review) "Brilliantly woven." -- The Guardian "Haunting." -- London Times

About the Author:

After an English degree and work as an editor, Michael Gruber studied marine biology, spent time in the Army as a medic, received a Ph.D. for a study of octopus behaviour and was then a chef and a roadie before entering the civil service, a career that took him to Washington. It was there that he began ghost-writing a bestselling series. He has published two novels under his own name, Tropic of Night (03) and Valley of Bones (05). He is married, with three grown-up children and an extremely large dog.

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