The Time Witches [Paperback]

Michael Molloy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002 | Age Level: 9 and up

A hilarious sequel to THE WITCH TRADE, featuring memorable characters of almost Dickensian proportions and an action-filled, fantastical plot that literally defies the imagination!

In this rollicking new adventure, we are reintroduced to Wolfbane, the escaped leader of the evil Night Witches. Wolfbane and his dreadful mother, Lucia Cheeseman, plot revenge on the heroes of THE WITCH TRADE. Between them, they conspire to summon up a long dead witch who knows the secret of time travel, allowing them to go back in time to change the course of events that led to their downfall. This sequel offers a hilarious second glimpse into the world of THE WITCH TRADE, but for children who haven't read the first book, it can easily stand on its own as a brand new adventure.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-7-Enraged by his defeat in The Witch Trade (Scholastic, 2001), evil Night Witch Wolfbane concocts an elaborate revenge in this less trite, more tongue-in-cheek sequel. Though the first episode's cast, led by intrepid witch-in-training Abby and stylish thespian Sir Chadwick Street, Grand Master of the Light Witches, is already bursting at the seams, Molloy adds yet more magical creatures, notably a donkeylike pooka with a wide brogue; a displaced band of mischievous woodland elves capable of tickling Night Witches to death; and a clan of powerful, bureaucratic Wizards with a mysterious agenda. Enlisting the aid of his loathsome mother and Baal, a jumbo spider, Wolfbane kidnaps Sir Chadwick's fiancee, Hilda, then travels back in time to change the future by killing an ancestor of Abby's. Abby and her many friends pursue, of course, plunging into a whirl of subplots, reverses, confrontations, narrow squeaks, and magic dusts of diverse properties. In the end, Hilda and Sir Chadwick are reunited, Abby's forbear is saved, Wolfbane is lost in the gulfs of time (until the next episode, no doubt), and Baal meets a deliciously squishy fate under the wheels of a train. Readers fond of sometimes-gruesome, sometimes-grand set pieces, and stout-hearted heroes of both sexes facing scenery-chewing baddies with names like Snivel Cheeseman, can look forward to a grand romp.
John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 5-8. In this sequel to The Witch Trade (2001), set in the idyllic little English seaside village of Speller, readers re-encounter young Abby Clover, a Light Witch, who bravely helped defeat the evil Wolfbane of Darkwood Forest. Unfortunately, Wolfbane is on the prowl again, and along with his deliciously evil mother and assorted villainous cohorts, he has concocted a plan to travel back in time to destroy the order of Light Witches before they have a chance to exist and wield power. Little do they expect Abby and her companions, led by Grand Master Chadwick Street, to travel back in time for a showdown. The evil characters are more strongly portrayed than the good Light Witches, who tend to be rather prim, but fantasy fans will enjoy the classic good-and-evil romp, including those who haven't read the first volume. Anne O'Malley
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: The Chicken House (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0439420903
• ISBN-13: 978-0439420907
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,770,691 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars time witchs the best!, April 20, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Time Witches (Paperback)

I got this book at school thorw the riff program. I just piked it up just to get some thing 2 years a go. when I was sick I picked it upto read some tink and it was so good I finished it that day. what happens is that sir cadwick is going to marry Hilda but wolf bane capchers her and takes her back in time in a scelital coch . to before the nerist town was distroyed. they must rescue hilda and restore abby's ansestore's meting with her grat grandma or abby will never have been born, and stop wolfbane before time runs out, to find out more read the book you will enjoy in more then the first one if you have read it! But it does not mader if you have read the first one!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad...but not great either, March 9, 2006

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This review is from: The Time Witches (Paperback)

Having now read the 2nd book in this "witches" series, I'd have to say it is a pretty good. However, the characters are not all that memorable, and "winning" seems to be a little bit "too easy." All in all, a quick read but not nearly as good as the "Wizards" series from Dianne Duane.