A Charm of Magpies
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Chapter Book · Ages 4–8 · 2025

A Charm of Magpies

Written by Benjamin Dickson · Illustrated by Rachael Smith

Book #3 in the The Queen's Favorite Witch series

A royal witch faces a deadly trial. Can she uncover the truth before it's too late?

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120 pages· ~550L
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In a world of superstition, Daisy Sparrow, the Queen's Royal Witch, must unravel a dark mystery when she and her mother are accused of malevolent witchcraft. With the penalty being death, Daisy's loyal friends, including a ghost and a rat, race against time to uncover the true culprit. As secrets unfold, will Daisy save herself and her mother, or will the shadows of Elizabethan England claim them both?

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Featuring the true historic role of the royal court’s witch, but peopled with the sweet fictional girl, Daisy Sparrow, as she becomes the Queen’s Favorite Witch in this fantasy series! Cursed! Elizabethan England was a time of superstition and strange goings on. If you had a problem, it was common to go to a witch for help. And Queen Elizabeth I is no different. Daisy, Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Witch, has protected the monarch against evil for two years, and is now very good at her job. When Daisy goes home to attend the wedding of her childhood friend Jerome, she struggles with the ways her friend and hometown have changed. Unfortunately things quickly go from bad to worse when an incident of dark magic leads to Daisy and her mother being put on trial for malevolent witchcraft. The penalty is death! But who really caused the incident…and why? Daisy’s loyal friends - Simon the bodyguard, Edith the maid, Nathaniel the rat and the ghost of Thomas Cromwell - must get to the bottom of these mysteries, before it’s too late!

At a glance
Format
Pages
120
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Transitional Reader
Lexile
~550L
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~3.6
F&P level
~N
Publication
Published
September 30, 2025
Publisher
Papercutz
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781545820384

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