On a largely uninhabited snow covered Island in the Thames Estuary, Jim Fitz, is caught attempting to steal from three witches who live there. Finding a wooden chest in the witches shack, he is disappointed to discover it to contain nothing more than rubbish. On hearing their sudden return Jim hides but is shortly discovered. They question and taunt Jim, showing the chest and reveal to him the real truth of The Chest of Vulcanus and the wonders therein. Making a break for the door into the snow, Jim is stopped by the evil Madam. Creep Fungus, who casts a spell, turning him for all but one hour each night into an enormous hound with a meow like a cat. Following a disagreement, witches Phlegmella U’trid and Smogmella Pooky fly into the night sky, to get away from the evil witch Mum. Creep-Fungus. Their reason for leaving was was to buy Gibbets Farm, from where they would start their very own pickle factory, and start the process of secretly integrating witches into the mortal world. More than four hundred years later. Angela and Tom U’trid find themselves on Gibbets Farm for the Summer’s holidays, where they meet their Aunts Phlegmella and Smogmella for the first time since they were babies, and were each given a gift called the coins of Aalsteron, which from that date they had both worn around their necks, despite having no knowledge of its purpose. Whilst there, they meet a host of characters including Fitzi the hound with a meow like a cat, Sardos and Witchweasel the cats. In this, the 2nd part of the story, Angela, and Tom, discover the true nature of the U'trid and Pooky families and the real pickle factory, run for and by The Witches Cooperative. They meet many characters including the storeman Crinkle Phartee, during their adventures at the farm. There is great concern about the return of Madam Creep Fungus, and the safety of the children, so operation witch-watch is set in motion. The exciting adventures continue, in an attempt to save a boar called Rigby from execution, in doing so Angela and Tom put the entire pickle factory and their own lives in mortal danger, when they battle with Mdam Creep Fungus! The future of everyone and everything is in their hands...but will they succeed?
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Paperback. Etat : Brand New. Soper, Stuart A Soapy (illustrateur). 308 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.77 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur zk1521466548
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