Book description
Everyone knows that orphanages are horrible places. But Earwig has a
surprising amount of power over everyone else at St Morwald's Home for
Children, and loves it there. So the last thing she wants is to be sent
to live with the very strange Bella Yaga…
Earwig was left at St Morwald's as a baby. Unlike the other children,
she loves it there, mostly because she has the run of the place and
seems to be able to persuade people to do as she wants. Then one day
Earwig is chosen to live with a very strange couple: Bella Yaga, her new
'mother', is actually a horrible witch. Earwig will need all her
ingenuity (and some help from a talking cat) to survive… “…a
delightful sampler of her originality and imagination, with small
unexpected touches.” Nicolette Jones, Sunday Times Culture, Children's
Book of the Week
“There's a nice helping of magic and some brisk upbeat sentiment in
this crisply written story… How the feisty Earwig outwits the pair with
her own special skills and the help of Bella Yaga's cat Thomas is
deliciously entertaining.” Julia Eccleshare, The Guardian
Praise for ENCHANTED GLASS:
'Blissful'
Guardian
'Wynne Jones is superb, mixing the comical with the magical'
The Times Diana Wynne Jones (1934-2011) spent her childhood in Essex
and began writing fantasy novels for children in the 1970s. With her
unique combination of magic, humour and imagination, she enthralled
generations of children and adults with her work. She won the Guardian
Award in 1977 with Charmed Life, was runner-up for the Children's Book
Award in 1981 and was twice runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.
