- May 8, 2018
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Maddy Kettle: The Adventure of the Thimblewitch

by Eric Orchard. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf, 2014

Maddy was happy living and working with her parents in their bookstore until the day the mysterious Thimblewitch turned her parents into rats and spider-goblins took her rat-parents and pet floating-frog. In a wonderful world of strange creatures and unexpected friends, Maddy finds her pet frog and parents and somehow restore them back to their original selves.

Grades 4-8

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