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    A Witch in a Fix
    A Witch in a Fix
    A Witch in a Fix
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    A Witch in a Fix

    By Marian Broderick and Francesca Carabelli

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    A Book of Mischief and Magic!
    Anna's science teacher really gets on her nerves – but is that a good enough reason to turn her into a giant rat?
    With a big, angry rat on the loose, Anna soon realises she's made a bad mistake. How will she turn it back into her teacher? And can she do it quickly, before anyone finds out that she's an apprentice witch?
    Anna can't admit what she's done, so no one can help her with her big, furry problem – or can they?
    Sometimes even witches need a little help from their friends!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe O'Brien Press
    Release dateJan 8, 2013
    ISBN9781847174246
    A Witch in a Fix
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    Marian Broderick

    Marian Broderick is a writer and editor who lives and works in London. She is second-generation Irish; her parents are from Donegal and Limerick. She spent every summer of her childhood in Ireland and has developed strong links with the place and the people. Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History proved hugely popular on publication in 2001 and Marian furthered her research to bring the reader more wild Irish women in Bold, Brilliant & Bad: Irish Women from History (2018).

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      A Witch in a Fix - Marian Broderick

      For my darling Conall, the most magical of all creatures.

      CONTENTS

      Title Page

      Dedication

      1. Mrs Cuffy

      2. Anna Teaches a Lesson

      3. Rat in the Classroom!

      4. At Home at Crag Road

      5. The Crystal Ball

      6. Missing Teacher

      7. The Truth Spell

      8. The Magic Box

      9. A Late-Night Conversation

      10. ‘As You Were’

      11. Anna’s Spell

      12. ‘Firm, But Fair’

      About the Author

      Copyright

      1

      MRS CUFFY

      All the teachers at St Munchin’s are really cool. I especially like Mrs Winkle, the head, but I’ve got a good reason for that, as you will see.

      The only one who’s a problem is Mrs Cuffy, my science teacher. Actually she’s more than a problem. I think she hates me. And I’m not mad keen on her either.

      I’m not the only one who feels this way. Mrs Cuffy is the nastiest teacher in the whole school and we’re all scared of her!

      She has long, stringy brown hair just like rats’ tails, and a pointed twitchy nose. And, I swear, she has a straggly black moustache!

      It’s bad luck that we don’t get on, because Mrs Winkle says I’ve got to get good at science. You see, Mrs Winkle knows something about me that very few people know.

      She knows that I, Anna Kelly, am a witch! And the reason she knows this is simple. It’s because Mrs Winkle, as well as being our head teacher, is also a witch!

      Of course I’m only a junior witch – an apprentice. But Mrs Winkle is an expert witch and she is helping to train me.

      She says that science should be one of my best subjects. In fact, she says I can’t be a proper witch without natural science. I need to know all about plants and biology and why things in nature behave the way they do.

      But there’s a problem: it’s boring! I don’t like science experiments out of books. I hate testing whether plants sweat and whether a coin is heavier than a cork in water.

      Instead, I like doing magic experiments that come out of my head! And what I’m really into is a type of magic I can do called ‘shape-shifting’.

      Shape-shifting is fantastic. No books, no test tubes. All you have to do is point at something, concentrate, and make up a magical rhyme. Then the thing you’re pointing at turns into whatever you want, like an animal or vegetable or anything!

      * * *

      So there I was last Monday afternoon, sitting beside my friend Mary in the science lab. I was gazing out of the window – and I was bored out of my tiny, weeny brain.

      I was daydreaming about flying out of the window when suddenly a screech like a banshee shattered my thoughts and my eardrums.

      ‘Anna Kelly!’ shouted Mrs Cuffy. ‘Come to the front this minute!’

      I shot up straight in my seat and met Mrs Cuffy’s beady little black eyes. Mary looked at me sideways.

      ‘You’re for it now,’ she whispered.

      ‘Thanks,’ I said.

      Mrs Cuffy stood at the front of the class with her thin lips curling in disgust. In her hand, she held one corner of a dirty piece of paper, waving it about as if it was an old snotrag. I took a deep breath and dragged myself up to face her.

      ‘And what,’ she shouted, twitching her moustache, ‘do you call this?’

      ‘My homework?’ I said.

      ‘Cheek!’ she

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