{"product_id":"the-witchlings-girl-paperback","title":"The Witchling's Girl - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelena Coggan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Coggan invites you to be with characters who, for all the magic and wonder of the world she creates, are entirely relatable - women bound by duty and justice, love and fear, trying to find their own paths in a world not of their making. It gave me hope; it made me cry. It's a fantastically good book.' - Claire North, author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a quiet street far from the river, with an ancient tree growing through its walls and floors, is the House of the Dead. There lives the witchling: healer, midwife and conduit between the world of the living and the world below. A witchling must give up her family and friends and spend her life alone, tending to the sick and carrying the dead down dark tunnels to the underworld. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaley was born with the gift of death-magic, and at the age of seven her mother abandons her to the witchling to be raised as her successor. But as Haley grows older and learns her craft - as invading armies pass through her town, people are born and die on her floor, and loyalties shift and dissolve around her - she finds it harder and harder to keep her vows and be the perfect and impassive healer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut if she can't, it will be her downfall - and that of everyone she's not supposed to love . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e**************\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFurther praise for Helena Coggan: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003cb\u003eVivid and intense\u003c\/b\u003e. Helena Coggan had me on the \u003cb\u003eedge of my seat\u003c\/b\u003e' - Amanda Bouchet, bestselling author of The Kingmaker Chronicles \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A \u003cb\u003ephenomenal \u003c\/b\u003eachievement . . . \u003cb\u003eassured, frightening, action-packed\u003c\/b\u003e'- \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e '\u003cb\u003eTense, exciting, engaging\u003c\/b\u003e' - Claire North, author of \u003ci\u003eThe First Fifteen Lives of Harry August\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'A \u003cb\u003epulsing, labyrinthine, emotionally visceral\u003c\/b\u003e plot' - \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The plot \u003cb\u003epulses with action\u003c\/b\u003e and the characters are \u003cb\u003ebeautifully complex\u003c\/b\u003e. This is a book that \u003cb\u003esparks with adrenaline and longing\u003c\/b\u003e, all the way to the final page' - Rebecca Ross, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Queen's Rising\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelena Coggan is a writer and student based in London. She wrote her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Catalyst\u003c\/i\u003e, at the age of thirteen; it was published by Hodder and Stoughton two years later and named as one of 2015's Debuts of the Year by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and Amazon. She has been called 'the next JK Rowling' by NBC's \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e, and in 2016 she was named by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the most influential teenagers in the world. She is currently reading Physics at university, for the sole purpose of building a TARDIS one day. \u003ci\u003eThe Witchling's Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is her fourth novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766576709920,"sku":"9781473629455","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b91325dc9658224a11bc5cb94847027b.webp?v=1780294957","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-witchlings-girl-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}