A boy and his Norwegian grandmother take on The Grand High Witch Of All The World and the eighty-plus witches living in England! As with many of Roald Dahl’s books, some of the characters end up with very unhappy endings, which can be funny, crazy and scary. For example, here is Norwegian Grandmother’s take on a boy whose gluttony gets him turned into a mouse: “…over in Norway where I come from, we are quite used to these sorts of happenings. We have learnt to accept them as part of everyday life.”
Author: Roald Dahl
Ages: 9 – 12
Main character(s): Boy
Part of a series: no
Where: England
When: present day
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