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Once Upon a Witch's Death

By Richard Tobin and Chorefuji Chorefuji and Saka Saka
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On Meg's seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor, the Eternal Witch, Faust, explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy.... Read More
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On her seventeenth birthday, the apprentice witch Meg learns she only has one year left to live, so her teacher, the old witch Faust, explains the only way to undo the death curse is to leave her sheltered life and head out into the world to collect tears of joy and grow the seed of life.

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On Meg's seventeenth birthday, she learns that she only has one year left to live. Her mentor, the Eternal Witch, Faust, explains that she is cursed and the only way to save herself is to grow a seed of life using one thousand tears of joy. Of course, such tears aren’t easy to come by.

As Meg begins her quest, she finds herself drawn into the lives of her friends and neighbours in ways she never imagined. By sharing their burdens and using her magic to comfort them, she learns how precious those moments of connection can be, even in the face of death.

Once Upon a Witch's Death by Richard Tobin, Chorefuji Chorefuji, and Saka Saka, is a tale of magic, friendship, and the fight against time, exploring the human heart in the most extraordinary of circumstances.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781975379988

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 April 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Yen Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 134.0mm

Height: 194.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 280

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