Book description
The fourth book in Colin Thompson's brilliantly funny series about a
family of witches and wizards who might be living in your town. The
youngest child in the Flood family, Betty, is a pretty little girl, who
looks quite normal - unlike some of her brothers and sisters. She goes
to the normal primary school down the road and she even has a normal
best friend, Ffiona Hulbert. But Betty is not normal - she is a witch.
When Bridie McTort, the school bully, starts throwing her weight around,
Betty knows exactly what to do. And when Ffiona's dad gets bullied at
work, Betty knows how to fix that too. Meanwhile, Winchflat Flood has
been watching old Frankenstein movies and has decided he wants to build
a human of his own ... Since he started writing and illustrating
children's books in 1990, Colin Thompson has had more than 65 books
published. He has received several awards, including an Aurealis Award
for the novel How to Live Forever, CBCA Picture Book of the Year for The
Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley and CBCA Honour Book and the
Family Therapists' Award for The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness. He
has been shortlisted for many other awards, including the Astrid
Lindgren Award - the most prestigious children's literature prize in the
world. Colin lives in Bellingen, Australia. His books with Random House
Australia include How to Live Forever, numerous picture books, The
Floods series, The Dragons series, The Big Little Book of Happy Sadness,
Free to a Good Home and Barry.
