Our hero is Jess, the long-suffering apprentice to the demanding and rather
self-centred witches, Agnes Moonthistle and Sybil Higginbotham. The top
lifestyle TV show, Changing Brooms (which bears an uncanny resemblance to
another popular TV show) offers all three the chance to get what they really
want in the world – using a little magic to help things along – with hilarious
and unexpected results! With the gentle humour and tremendous sympathy for her
characters that distinguished Spook School, Sue Purkiss has created another
winning novel for newly-confident readers. Acclaim for the series: ‘ a quartet
of books with robust child appeal the brief is clearly to appeal to those
recently emerging from reading schemes but requiring continuing support. But
the stories have a fresh originality that will make them great favourites’ –
Lindsey Fraser, Guardian Education Book of the Week, 13/05/03.
About the Author
As a child, Sue Purkiss always wanted to be a writer, but it wasn’t until she
had been a teacher and brought up her three children that she found time to
realize her dream occupation. She now combines writing with part-time teaching.
Her first novel, Spook School, was published in Black Cats in May 2003.”