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A spellbinding new middle grade series crackling with magic and adventure, perfect for fans of Starfell, Nevermoor and A Pinch of Magic. I am Spel. Daughter of witches. The only one who can step between worlds. The only one who can save my sister. If I can find her before the witch hunt begins … Thirteen years ago, magic was banished and the witches were hunted. Sisters Spel and Egg are the daughters of witches, but they grow up in Miss Mouldheel’s School for Wicked Girls with no idea who they really are. Until the day the message arrives telling them to run … The message sends them to a funeral parlour in a far away village – and their new guardian, the Undertaker, has a secret. Beneath the funeral parlour is a portal to the Other Ways – four worlds that lie parallel to ours. When Egg vanishes through the portal, Spel knows she must try to save her sister. But no one can step between the worlds – or can they? The first in a new fantasy adventure series with a witchy twist from the author of The Huntress trilogy PRAISE FOR THE HUNTRESS Sea 'A glorious world, a wild adventure and a fierce heroine. I can't stop thinking about this book!' – Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most Unladylike Sky 'Driver's prose takes flight in Huntress: Sky. Exhilarating, gripping and full of heart' Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink and Stars Storm 'A thrillingly wild adventure that crackles with magic' Abi Elphinstone, author of Sky Song As well as writing magical books for children Sarah Driver is also a qualified nurse and midwife. She is a graduate of the Bath Spa Writing for Young People MA, during which she won the Most Promising Writer prize. She is the author of the critically-acclaimed fantasy adventure trilogy, The Huntress. Sarah was born in West Sussex, where she still lives close to the sea with her street-wise ginger cat and her miniature lop-eared bunny.

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'A new book by Sarah Driver is always something special - this does not disappoint. Vivid storytelling full of magic and sparkle from one of my favourite authors.' Jasbinder Bilan, Costa award-winning author of Asha and the Spirit Bird 'Dark, magical, beautifully written and illustrated, this book gets its witchy hooks into you from the first page and doesn't let go. I absolutely loved it!' - Kieran Larwood, author of The Peculiars Once We Were Witches is a bewitching tale brim full with darkness and light, fizzing with intensity and imagination. Every delicious twist and turn drew me further in - Katharine Orton author of Nevertell

'A new book by Sarah Driver is always something special - this does not disappoint. Vivid storytelling full of magic and sparkle from one of my favourite authors.' Jasbinder Bilan, author of Asha and the Spirit Bird

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Sarah Driver is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People, during which she won the United Agents Most Promising Writer prize in 2014. She is also a qualified nurse and midwife. Sarah started writing stories as a small child and lists her influences as Spellhorn by Berlie Doherty, A Necklace Of Raindrops by Joan Aiken and the Carbonel books by Barbara Sleigh - those gorgeous, magical stories that create and nurture readers.

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