Picklewitch and Jack

From the first page to the last, Picklewitch had me entranced with its playful language, laugh out loud moments, and the warm but wobbly friendship between its two main characters. Claire Barker’s brilliant but bonkers humour had me cackling in delight - I’m eagerly awaiting the sequel. A joy of a b......more

A delightfully naughty tale about friendship and cake! Wicked fun.......more

Picklewitch is great fun and entirely original. I can't wait to see what she gets up to next!......more

Warm, funny, deliciously subversive, PICKLEWITCH AND JACK, Claire Barker’s magical new book for middle-range readers, is a joy from start to finish. Uptight unpopular Jack, (he won the school prize for Most Sensible Boy three years in a row) is hoping for a fresh start at St Immaculate’s School for......more

This book is great fun! I instantly fell in love with both Picklewitch and Jack, characters who could not be more different, yet each who carved out a niche in my heart very quickly. I felt sorry for poor Jack as Picklewitch disrupts his carefully-laid plans to make a success of his new school for g......more