Well Witched

Ryan and his friends dont think twice about stealing some money from a wishing well. After all whos really going to miss a few tarnished coins? The well witch does. And she demands payback: Now Ryan Josh and Chelle must serve her . . . and the wishes that lie rotting at the bottom of her well. Each takes on powers they didnt ask for and dont want. Ryan grows strange bumpsare they eyes?between his knuckles; Chelle starts speaking the secrets of strangers no matter how awful and bloody; and Josh can suddenlyinexplicablygrant even the darkest of wishes the kind of wishes that should never come true. Darkly witty wholly unexpected and exquisitely sinister Frances Hardinges Well Witched is one well-cast tale that readers didnt know they were wishing for.