**If this is Beth Holt Martin's life, she wants a refund.** It's true. At fifty-three, all Beth's got is a sex-starved marriage to Howard the psychiatrist, an (almost) empty nest and a suitcase full of long-forgotten dreams of becoming...well, something more. Beth doesn't look like the kind of wom
Flying Lessons
β Scribed by Friel, Maeve
- Book ID
- 108250663
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 2 MB
- Series
- Witch-in-Training 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780007133413
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The first title in a new series of magical books for younger readers, by Irish author Maeve Friel. On Jessica's tenth birthday she discovers she is a young witch...
The first in a new series of magical books for younger readers, by Irish author, Maeve Friel. Jessica thinks she is an ordinary ten-year-old girl but by the end of this first book, she is on the way to becoming a very bright young witch! When she sees the broomstick for sale outside Miss Strega's hardware shop, Jessica is intrigued. for on the price label it also says: Flying Lessons Extra. Jessica can't resist peeking inside the shop and ends up beginning her first lesson in witchcraft. Jessica learns that there is more to learn about flying a broomstick than meets the eye. First, you have to use the branches as gears -- so the twigs must be in front of you, not behind you as every other witchy book show. The foremost twigs are for twirling, zooming, spinning, ducking, diving,...
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