Bea is in turmoil. She has been seeing strange things in everyday places. People in the clouds, and shining lights from creatures around her, for starters. It all began one day on the way home from a holiday, when a huge hare leapt in through the family car window and crouched, terror-stricken in her lap. It spoke to her before leaping out again and she wondered if she was going crazy.

Now she knows why these things are happening, but she still finds it hard to believe. She is a Summoner, a rare, soon-to-be powerful witch who the witchworld needs to help save their kind.

Witch hunters are on the rise, and her new witch friends have told her they are after her. Her Summoner spirit is sought after by ‘The Hunt’ – creatures who wish to rid the world of witches and consume their powers for their own use. But Bea must leave her family, and at 15 she is not prepared to do that. She makes her choice and her world (and all of those she loves), is shaken to its very core.

Like Bea, I wasn’t sure who were the good guys and who were the bad? Was it Lars, the guy from the skateboard park? What about her new friends Silvis and her grandfather, Odi?

Who was telling the truth, and how will she protect her family?

Melvin Burgess is a multi-award winning author and the astounding world of Bea and her dilemma is bound to be another favourite.

Author – Melvin Burgess

Age – 14+

(2018, Andersen Press, Witch, Family, Betrayal, Good vs Evil, Secret, Power, Magic)