- Maeve Friel, Illustrated by Nathan Reed

Witch-in-Training - The Last Task (Witch-in-Training, Book 8)

By Maeve Friel, Illustrated by Nathan Reed

The eighth title in this magical series, fizzing with fun and excitement.

Jess is off on a quest to find Dame Walpurga’s stolen shoes. But to get them back, she must tackle a rude giant, trick a grumpy gnome and uncover a secret hidden deep underground…

A sparkling new adventure about Jessica, the lively young witch-in-training.

Author: Maeve Friel
Format: Paperback
Ageband: 7 to 9
Release Date: 09 Sep 2011
Pages: 96
ISBN: 978-0-00-718527-6
Maeve Friel was born in Northern Ireland and went to university in Dublin. After many years working and travelling in Spain, Italy and England, she now lives in a small village near Alicante (Spain). She has a son and a daughter. Apart from the Witch-in-Training series, she has published four novels for older readers, a book for young readers and a book of non-fiction as well as featuring in many short story anthologies. She has been short-listed three times for the Irish Children\'s Book of the Year (Bisto), has won a Bisto Merit Award, was twice nominated for the Reading Association of Ireland literary awards and won the Hennessy Literary Award. She has also had stories broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and RTE.

Praise for ‘Broomstick Battles’: -

”'The story has great pace, energy and interesting characters. The illustrations are lively, fun and full of enchantment.” - The School LIbrarian