Key Selling Points
- Twelve-year-old Dory and her two new friends must capture the night witch they accidentally released in this short novel with a twisty, intriguing plot that will keep readers guessing.
- Dory is a resourceful and brave female protagonist who sometimes struggles in her relationships with friends and her often-absent family, making her a relatable character for middle-grade readers.
- The classic witch-in-a-small-town premise is given a fresh and original take while still including lots of spells, suspense and creepiness.
- The author, Linda DeMeulemeester, is the author of the critically acclaimed Grim Hill series.
- Graphic novel-style illustrations by Meaghan Carter add to the action with dynamic spreads that will appeal to graphic novel and manga readers.
Twelve-year-old Dory thought that detention with her frenemy, Mayling, and the school pest, Norman, was the worst thing that could happen to her...but she couldn’t be more wrong.
While the detention trio cleans the science storage room, Dory accidentally drops an old glass jug that shatters and a foul-smelling, snake-like shadow escapes. Dory tries to convince herself that it was some kind of strange gas and that what she saw was just a hallucination. But then she catches a glimpse of the eerie shadow in a neighbor’s garden, and soon garden vegetables, cats and even kids begin disappearing in her town. Only when she translates the broken bottle’s label does she understand what she has done: By dropping the old glass jug, she has released the most malevolent of evil witches. Putting the witch back into a bottle is the only solution—but what if there’s more than one witch loose in Brimley?
In this short novel for middle-grade readers, twelve-year-old Dory accidentally releases an evil night witch and her whole town of Brimley falls under a bizarre curse. With pets, plants and people disappearing, Dory must uncover a way to undo the witch’s power before it’s too late.
