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| Title: The Witches |
| Author: Roald Dahl |
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Reviewer:
Sam
F. '12
This book reminds
me of a movie I once saw. And, in this movie, I saw a grandma
that tells stories for a living. In The Witches there
is a lady who likes to tell stories about witches. In her
mind, there are such things as witches. They are the most
dangerous creatures on earth. But this grandma is different
than all other grandparents, she hates kids. She is so mean
that she uses special spells to try to get rid of her grandkids.
Read the book to find out what happens.
Spring 2005
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Ian
T. '12
The Witches
is about a boy who lives in England until his parents die
in a car crash. He then goes to live in Norway with his Grandma.
For their summer vacation they decide to go to the coast of
Southern England. When they arrive they find themselves in
the midst of the annual witches meeting. The boy sneaks into
the meeting and hears how the evil witches are planning to
kill all the children of England. Will he be able to escape
unharmed without the witches noticing him?
Fall 2004 |
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Reviewer:
Ellen
M. '09
Roald
Dahl has made many children’s books. For example, Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory, The B.F.G., Fantastic Mr. Fox,
those awful Twits, and many others. But one of my favorites
is called The Witches. This is a fantasy story but
if you believe in witches it may not be fantasy to you! Witches
have no hair, so they cover their heads with wigs. They have
no toes, so they hide them by squeezing their feet into
pointed shoes. Witches have blue spit and big, curvy nostrils.
They also have claws for fingernails like cats but they hade
them with gloves.
Well, enough about witches, let me tell
you about the big risk this all fits into. This story is
told in first person. The main character is a little boy
who lives with his grandmother. His name is not given throughout
the story. Grandma and her grandson try to destroy all the
witches in the world but they can’t figure out how. Meanwhile
the witches want to destroy all the children by using this
magic formula that they made called “86 Delayed Action Mouse
Maker” to turn them into mice. Grandma and her grandson
steal this and are planning to turn the witches into mice
instead. How will they do this? Will it work? You’ll have
to read the book to find out!
Winter 2003 |
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| Reviewer:
Catlyn
B. '10 This
story is about a boy and his grandmother. The boy is
turned into a mouse by the Grand High Witch. All of the witches
want to get rid of all the children in the world. The Grand
High Witch makes a potion called Formula 86 Delayed Action
Mouse-Maker. All the witches get a very small bottle of
this potion to put in chocolate and sell it to children. At
the end of the story the boy steals the potion and puts
it in each of the witches' soup and it turns the witches into
mice. Later the boy finds the Grand High Witch's address book
and goes on a journey to kill all the witches. If you
want more details on this book go to your local library and
look up The Witches by Roald Dahl.
Winter 2002/2003 |
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| Reviewer:
Eric W.
’08
I liked the book The Witches, because there is action
in every chapter. Witches blend in with normal people. They
wear wigs to hide their baldness. They wear gloves so no one
will see their fingers (they have no finger nails). They also
wear boots so they won’t reveal their square feet. Their
mission is to destroy every child in the world. They have
a greeness in their eye when they see a child they want to
torture.
If you don’t read The Witches you might miss
out on an encounter with the head of all witches (the Grand
High Witch).
Fall 2000 |
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Reviewer: Alexander H. '06
The grandmother in Witches tells stories about witches
and what they do to children. She tells her grandchild that
witches: don’t have real hair, they have square feet, they
don’t have any toes, and they wear gloves to cover their
claws. The grandmother takes the boy on a vacation. They go to a
hotel that is having a witches’ convention. The Grand
Witch is there and she turns the young boy and another child
into mice. Witches is about how the boys have to
get an anecdote to turn themselves back into boys. They are
the only ones who can kill the witches.
4/16/99 |
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