The Witchs Guide to Cooking with Chi..., Keith McGowan
The Witchs Guide to Cooking with Chi..., Keith McGowan
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The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children

Author: Keith McGowan

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 2 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 09/01/2009


Synopsis

Grade Level: 4-6 Age Level: 9-11 Listening Level: 4-6 When Sol and Connie Blink move to Grand Creek, one of the first people to welcome them is an odd older woman, Fay Holaderry, and her friendly dog, Swift, who carries a very strange bone in his mouth. Sol knows a lot more than the average eleven-year-old, so when he identifies the bone as a human femur, he and Connie begin to wonder if their new neighbor is up to no good. In a spine-tingling adventure that makes them think twice about whom they can trust, Sol and Connie discover that solving mysteries can be a dangerous game — even for skilled junior sleuths.

About Keith McGowan

Keith McGowan has worked most of his life as an educator. An avid traveler, Keith began writing The Witch’s Guide to Cooking With Children in Himachal Pradesh, India, staring at the Himalayan Mountains, and continued working on it in Boston, New Orleans, Chicago, and Vienna, Austria, where he now lives with his wife. This is his first novel for young readers.


Reviews

What if the witch from Hansel and Gretel did not die in the oven? What if she's now an ordinary old woman, living in a suburb (which was once a deep wood) with her little dog Swift, who is carrying a bone in his mouth that eleven-year old Sol identifies as a human femur? Sol and his younger sister h......more

Goodreads review by Hafsah

This review was written by my 10 year old sister! Eleven year-old Solomon and eight year-old Constance Blinks, Sol and Connie for short, have just moved into their new house. That's where they meet old and odd Fay Holaderry and her friendly dog Swift. Swift carries a very strange, eerie-looking......more