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Witch's Boy

By: Kelly Barnhill
Narrated by: Ralph Lister
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When Ned and his identical twin brother tumble from their raft into a raging, bewitched river, only Ned survives. Villagers are convinced the wrong boy lived. Sure enough, Ned grows up weak and slow, and stays as much as possible within the safe boundaries of his family's cottage and yard. But when a Bandit King comes to steal the magic that Ned's mother, a witch, is meant to protect, it's Ned who safeguards the magic and summons the strength to protect his family and community.

In the meantime, in another kingdom across the forest that borders Ned's village lives Áine, the resourceful and pragmatic daughter of the Bandit King. She is haunted by her mother's last words to her: "The wrong boy will save your life and you will save his." But when Áine and Ned's paths cross, can they trust each other long enough to make their way through the treacherous woods and stop the war about to boil over?

©2014 Kelly Barnhill. Published by arrangement with Algonquin Young Readers, an imprint of Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, a division of Workman Publishing, Inc. (P)2014 HighBridge Company
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Magical Storytelling • Engaging Adventure • Brilliant Character Voices • Beautiful Prose • Wonderful Dramatization
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The story was nicely read and it kept my interest. it had a little adventure and some coming of age.

Lovely Story

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True to her beautiful story writing, and brought to life with fantastic artistic nuance of Ralph Lister, Witch’s boy weaves a tale of magic, loss, friendship and loyalty that does not disappoint. Adults and young adults/kids alike, my 8 and 6 year old loved having this as part of our daily car rides.

Kelly Barnhill does it again

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My 8 year old daughter and I listened to this during our daily commute. Not only did it help the time pass faster but we thoroughly enjoyed the story. Would definitely recommend.

This story was excellent!

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I enjoyed the imaginative story, up until the ending. It was as if Miss Barnhill ran out of ideas, or wasn’t sure what she should do with her characters.

Ran Out of Steam

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Great book about friendship and magic. Loved this story and superbly read. Worth a credit.

Excellent

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The narrator uses a ridiculous falsetto voice for the women. It's grating and makes those characters a joke. I'm not sure why the narrator does this for the female voices. It takes away from the content of the story. Otherwise the story is very good, in keeping with Barnhill's stories.

story good, narrator not as much

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I am going to listen again after just finishing it. The story is so good and I like the way the reader reads.

Such a good story.

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Narrator was easy to listen to. story was fun and entertaining. I will read more of authors works.

Fun read

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what's not to love? Bring me more! I loved every blessed word in this book

Adventure, love, bandits, battles, wolves, magic..

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I loved every moment of this audiobook. I will probably listen to it again soon. The narrator was fantastic. His range gave Barnhill's world to life.

so good!

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