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Melvin Burgess

The Lost Witch

  • The Lost Witch

  • Bea has started to hear and see things that no one else can – creatures, voices, visions. Then strangers visit Bea and tell her she is different: she has the rare powers of a witch. They warn her she is being hunted. Her parents think she is hallucinating and needs help. All Bea wants to do is get on with her life, and to get closer to Lars, the mysterious young man she has met at the skate park. But her life is in danger, and she must break free. The question is – who can she trust?

    Carnegie Medal-winner Melvin Burgess returns with a powerful, thrilling fantasy for young adults about magic, myth and following your instincts.

The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
Junk
Junk
Melvin Burgess
Sara's Face
Sara's Face
Melvin Burgess
Lady
Lady
Melvin Burgess
Doing It
Doing It
Melvin Burgess
War Girls
War Girls
Adèle Geras (and others)
Hunger
Hunger
Melvin Burgess
Bloodsong
Bloodsong
Melvin Burgess
Bloodtide
Bloodtide
Melvin Burgess
An Angel For May
An Angel For May
Melvin Burgess
The Baby and Fly Pie
The Baby and Fly Pie
Melvin Burgess
Burning Issy
Burning Issy
Melvin Burgess
The Cry of the Wolf
The Cry of the Wolf
Melvin Burgess
Kill All Enemies
Kill All Enemies
Melvin Burgess
Nicholas Dane
Nicholas Dane
Melvin Burgess

Green Puffin Classics

4 Books

Melvin Burgess is regarded as one of the best writers in contemporary children's literature. In 1997, his controversial bestseller Junk won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal. It was also shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year. Four of his novels have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Melvin lives in Manchester with his two children.

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