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The Whitby Witches
- Author
- Robin Jarvis
- Narrator
- Hannah Berchtold
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 10 July 2025
- Run Time
- 8 hours 46 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Dark fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Witches, wizards and magicians, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures
What to expect
Robin Jarvis’s classic dark fantasy, perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett, Derek Landy and Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising. Set in the home of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
‘Deeply creepy and utterly compelling,’ Guardian
When orphans Ben and Jennet arrive in the seaside town of Whitby to stay with Alice Boston, they have no idea what to expect. A lively 92-year-old, Miss Boston is unlike any other foster mother they’ve known.
Ben is gifted with ‘the sight’, which gives him the power to see things invisible to other mortals. He soon encounters the mysterious fisher folk who live under the cliffs and discovers that Alice and her friends are not quite what they seem.
But a darkness is stalking the streets of Whitby, bringing with it fear and death. Could it be a ghost from the Abbey? Or a beast from hell? Unless the truth is uncovered, the town and all its inhabitants is doomed…
Critics Review
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'The books are deeply creepy and utterly compelling, but they also deal fearlessly with some genuinely challenging subject matter,’ Owen Duffy, Guardian
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Details
- Author
- Robin Jarvis
- Narrator
- Hannah Berchtold
- Duration
- 8 hours 46 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 July 2025
- ISBN
- 9780008781484
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Dark fantasy, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Witches, wizards and magicians, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures
Synopsis
Robin Jarvis’s classic dark fantasy, perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett, Derek Landy and Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising. Set in the home of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. ‘Deeply creepy and utterly compelling,’ Guardian When orphans Ben and Jennet arrive in the seaside town of Whitby to stay with Alice Boston, they have no idea what to expect. A lively 92-year-old, Miss Boston is unlike any other foster mother they’ve known. Ben is gifted with ‘the sight’, which gives him the power to see things invisible to other mortals. He soon encounters the mysterious fisher folk who live under the cliffs and discovers that Alice and her friends are not quite what they seem. But a darkness is stalking the streets of Whitby, bringing with it fear and death. Could it be a ghost from the Abbey? Or a beast from hell? Unless the truth is uncovered, the town and all its inhabitants is doomed…
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