Curse of the Dream Witch - Softcover

Allan Stratton

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ISBN 10: 057128826X ISBN 13: 9780571288267

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2013

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About the Author:

Allan Stratton is the internationally acclaimed author of Chanda's Secrets (winner of the Michael L. Printz Honor Book). Other titles for young adults include Chanda's Wars, Borderline and Leslie's Journal. Allan has safaried in Africa, hiked the Great Wall of China, explored pyramids in Egypt and flown over Cappadocia in a balloon. He lives with his partner in Toronto with four cats and lots of fish.

From Curse of the Dream Witch:

On the other side of the staircase wall, she could hear the life of the castle. It seemed to come from far away, like what she'd heard when she was little and stuck her head in the courtyard rain barrel. She tried to hear and not hear at the same time — eager and afraid to know what was happening. The clomping on the stairs, the rumble of voices — what were they about? Had Leo found her missing? Was there news about her parents?

Ephemia read her mind. "What's happening there is happening there. Keep your mind on the here and now, or you'll tumble down and have nothing to think about ever."

Olivia concentrated hard. One step at a time. One step at a time. Before she knew it, what had seemed impossible had become real. She'd reached a dingy alcove above two squat pillars, eight feet from the dungeon floor.

Olivia shivered. Before she'd been locked away, she'd played hide-and-seek in the cells with the servants' children. One day, she'd nearly tripped into an open well. Her parents were horrified. They said she'd have disappeared into the underground river that ran beneath the castle.

Ephemia saw Olivia's hesitation. "There's only one way down."

Olivia said a prayer, hung from the alcove, and dropped into the dungeon.

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