The Brixen Witch
The Brixen Witch

The Brixen Witch

Written and illustrated by Stacy DeKeyser
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8 - 12
Reading age
196
Page count
192
Words per page
720L
Lexile measure
Feb 9, 2016
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An enchanted coin. A witch’s curse. And rats, rats everywhere! What’s a boy to do? “Fresh and satisfying for middle grade readers” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). When Rudi Bauer accidentally takes a witch’s coin, he unleashes her curse. Accident or not, he knows he’s got to fix things, so he tries to return the coin, only to lose it on the witch’s magic mountain just as the snows come. Plagued all winter by terrible dreams, Rudi tries to find the coin again in the spring, but it has vanished—and a plague of rats has descended on his village. Then a stranger arrives and promises to rid the village of rats…for the price of the missing coin. Desperate to get rid of the rats, the villagers agree; but when they cannot pay, the stranger exacts a price too terrible for anyone to bear. Now Rudi is going to need all his courage—and some help from his savvy grandmother and a bold young girl—to set things right in this fast and funny adventure.

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      Author & Illustrator
      Stacy DeKeyser

      Stacy DeKeyser is the award-winning author of novels for kids. Her books have been on school and state-wide reading lists all over the country. She loves to travel, especially when she can take long long long long hikes. In the summer she lives in Connecticut (trying not to get chased by bears), and in the winter she lives in Florida (trying not to get chased by alligators).

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781442433298
    Publication Date
    February 9, 2016
    Publisher
    Margaret K McElderry Books
    Page Count
    196
    Words Per Page
    192
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2011033680
    Lexile® Level
    720L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Q
    ATOS® Book Level
    5
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    6
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    152268
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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