The Witches of Lambsdore - Novel 1: The Gold Awl and Lost in the Woods
Ten-year-old twins Zoila and Zayden lived in the middle of the 1700s. Their lives were quite different than that of children today. There were no cellphones, no televisions, no video games and no electric lights. And wherever they went they had to ride a horse or walk.
But they were not as bad off as that makes it seem. The twins lived with their well-to-do grandmother in a large, well-furnished countryside home. In fact, she saw to it they had the best clothes, went to the best school and ate the best food. Yet there was one thing their grandmother would not give them: answers to questions they had about themselves.
Being twins, Zayden and Zoila looked exactly like from the color of the hair to the shapes of their faces to even the way they talked and walked – and yet they were different colors. Zoila was tanned like golden honey and Zayden was pale like spring wheat. Why they were like this they couldn't understand. So they would ask their grandmother, and she always gave them the same answer: "One day you will know."
Naturally enough, the twins were used to being that way; they had been like that their entire lives. But being used to it didn't stop them from thinking about it. Maybe they weren't twins. Maybe one of them had a sickness that made skin color change. Or maybe one of their parents was like Zayden and the other like Zoila. When they asked their grandmother who their parents were, what color they were, and most important what happened to them, she still gave them the same answer, "One day you will know."
These unanswered questions were not the only mystery that surrounded Zayden's and Zoila's lives. They lived in the time of the witches of Lambsdore, an age for making magic and casting spells that began over seventy years before the twins were born, when a tribe of witches arrived in Lambsdore.
The story begins here and it's witnessed by nine-year-old Jerimiah, the harbor master's grandson. He was at the harbor that day to see the witches get off the ship that brought them to Lambsdore. Quite a few of them arrived, too, and while most were good there were a few bad ones. Among the bad ones was Witch Gretchen of Figfuddlekips who, as the years went by, became the worst of the bad ones.
Witch Gretchen was seventeen then, quite smart and very pretty – and yet she hated it when people stared at her. As her luck would have it, though, the largest crowd ever gathered at the pier that day to see her and her sister witches. This bothered the teenage witch quite much. In fact, the longer the people stared at them the angrier she got until she couldn't stand it anymore. She decided then to teach the people a lesson and cast a wicked spell into the air while she and her sister witches gathered to say their goodbyes.
It worked. No sooner did she and her sister witches begin to leave the pier, than her evil spell struck to frighten the people of Bishops Town. The people ran away like startled children, and Witch Gretchen loved it. Sadly for the good witches, her evil spell began to make the people dislike witches – to hate and fear them, in fact. This didn't bother young Witch Gretchen, though. She went off happily to live in the Red Forest, where she grew to be quite old and quite evil.
Jerimiah never forgot what happened that day. It affected him so that he wrote a book about it when he became a young man. And so it happened seventy-plus years later that the twins found a copy of the book in their grandmother's house. The twins read the book as soon as they found it, which added to their curiosity about the Red Forest.
By then the Red Forest had become both a place where people avoided going and a place where curious kids went to explore. And Zoila and Zayden were two of them, although they were never infatuated with the place like some of their friends. Then one day Zayden saw a strange thing in the woods from far away that made him wonder if the answer to their questions about themselves could be found in that Forest. He told Zoila about his idea and how, maybe, the answers to their questions, which their grandmother would not give them, were in the Forest. He didn't convince Zoila, but after talking about it they decided to go to the Forest to see what they would find out. Thus, they worked out how to avoid being attacked by wild animals and witches, changed clothes and went into the woods without telling their grandmother. That proved to be fateful, for they encountered the witch and ended up trapped in the woods.
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But they were not as bad off as that makes it seem. The twins lived with their well-to-do grandmother in a large, well-furnished countryside home. In fact, she saw to it they had the best clothes, went to the best school and ate the best food. Yet there was one thing their grandmother would not give them: answers to questions they had about themselves.
Being twins, Zayden and Zoila looked exactly like from the color of the hair to the shapes of their faces to even the way they talked and walked – and yet they were different colors. Zoila was tanned like golden honey and Zayden was pale like spring wheat. Why they were like this they couldn't understand. So they would ask their grandmother, and she always gave them the same answer: "One day you will know."
Naturally enough, the twins were used to being that way; they had been like that their entire lives. But being used to it didn't stop them from thinking about it. Maybe they weren't twins. Maybe one of them had a sickness that made skin color change. Or maybe one of their parents was like Zayden and the other like Zoila. When they asked their grandmother who their parents were, what color they were, and most important what happened to them, she still gave them the same answer, "One day you will know."
These unanswered questions were not the only mystery that surrounded Zayden's and Zoila's lives. They lived in the time of the witches of Lambsdore, an age for making magic and casting spells that began over seventy years before the twins were born, when a tribe of witches arrived in Lambsdore.
The story begins here and it's witnessed by nine-year-old Jerimiah, the harbor master's grandson. He was at the harbor that day to see the witches get off the ship that brought them to Lambsdore. Quite a few of them arrived, too, and while most were good there were a few bad ones. Among the bad ones was Witch Gretchen of Figfuddlekips who, as the years went by, became the worst of the bad ones.
Witch Gretchen was seventeen then, quite smart and very pretty – and yet she hated it when people stared at her. As her luck would have it, though, the largest crowd ever gathered at the pier that day to see her and her sister witches. This bothered the teenage witch quite much. In fact, the longer the people stared at them the angrier she got until she couldn't stand it anymore. She decided then to teach the people a lesson and cast a wicked spell into the air while she and her sister witches gathered to say their goodbyes.
It worked. No sooner did she and her sister witches begin to leave the pier, than her evil spell struck to frighten the people of Bishops Town. The people ran away like startled children, and Witch Gretchen loved it. Sadly for the good witches, her evil spell began to make the people dislike witches – to hate and fear them, in fact. This didn't bother young Witch Gretchen, though. She went off happily to live in the Red Forest, where she grew to be quite old and quite evil.
Jerimiah never forgot what happened that day. It affected him so that he wrote a book about it when he became a young man. And so it happened seventy-plus years later that the twins found a copy of the book in their grandmother's house. The twins read the book as soon as they found it, which added to their curiosity about the Red Forest.
By then the Red Forest had become both a place where people avoided going and a place where curious kids went to explore. And Zoila and Zayden were two of them, although they were never infatuated with the place like some of their friends. Then one day Zayden saw a strange thing in the woods from far away that made him wonder if the answer to their questions about themselves could be found in that Forest. He told Zoila about his idea and how, maybe, the answers to their questions, which their grandmother would not give them, were in the Forest. He didn't convince Zoila, but after talking about it they decided to go to the Forest to see what they would find out. Thus, they worked out how to avoid being attacked by wild animals and witches, changed clothes and went into the woods without telling their grandmother. That proved to be fateful, for they encountered the witch and ended up trapped in the woods.
The Witches of Lambsdore - Novel 1: The Gold Awl and Lost in the Woods
Ten-year-old twins Zoila and Zayden lived in the middle of the 1700s. Their lives were quite different than that of children today. There were no cellphones, no televisions, no video games and no electric lights. And wherever they went they had to ride a horse or walk.
But they were not as bad off as that makes it seem. The twins lived with their well-to-do grandmother in a large, well-furnished countryside home. In fact, she saw to it they had the best clothes, went to the best school and ate the best food. Yet there was one thing their grandmother would not give them: answers to questions they had about themselves.
Being twins, Zayden and Zoila looked exactly like from the color of the hair to the shapes of their faces to even the way they talked and walked – and yet they were different colors. Zoila was tanned like golden honey and Zayden was pale like spring wheat. Why they were like this they couldn't understand. So they would ask their grandmother, and she always gave them the same answer: "One day you will know."
Naturally enough, the twins were used to being that way; they had been like that their entire lives. But being used to it didn't stop them from thinking about it. Maybe they weren't twins. Maybe one of them had a sickness that made skin color change. Or maybe one of their parents was like Zayden and the other like Zoila. When they asked their grandmother who their parents were, what color they were, and most important what happened to them, she still gave them the same answer, "One day you will know."
These unanswered questions were not the only mystery that surrounded Zayden's and Zoila's lives. They lived in the time of the witches of Lambsdore, an age for making magic and casting spells that began over seventy years before the twins were born, when a tribe of witches arrived in Lambsdore.
The story begins here and it's witnessed by nine-year-old Jerimiah, the harbor master's grandson. He was at the harbor that day to see the witches get off the ship that brought them to Lambsdore. Quite a few of them arrived, too, and while most were good there were a few bad ones. Among the bad ones was Witch Gretchen of Figfuddlekips who, as the years went by, became the worst of the bad ones.
Witch Gretchen was seventeen then, quite smart and very pretty – and yet she hated it when people stared at her. As her luck would have it, though, the largest crowd ever gathered at the pier that day to see her and her sister witches. This bothered the teenage witch quite much. In fact, the longer the people stared at them the angrier she got until she couldn't stand it anymore. She decided then to teach the people a lesson and cast a wicked spell into the air while she and her sister witches gathered to say their goodbyes.
It worked. No sooner did she and her sister witches begin to leave the pier, than her evil spell struck to frighten the people of Bishops Town. The people ran away like startled children, and Witch Gretchen loved it. Sadly for the good witches, her evil spell began to make the people dislike witches – to hate and fear them, in fact. This didn't bother young Witch Gretchen, though. She went off happily to live in the Red Forest, where she grew to be quite old and quite evil.
Jerimiah never forgot what happened that day. It affected him so that he wrote a book about it when he became a young man. And so it happened seventy-plus years later that the twins found a copy of the book in their grandmother's house. The twins read the book as soon as they found it, which added to their curiosity about the Red Forest.
By then the Red Forest had become both a place where people avoided going and a place where curious kids went to explore. And Zoila and Zayden were two of them, although they were never infatuated with the place like some of their friends. Then one day Zayden saw a strange thing in the woods from far away that made him wonder if the answer to their questions about themselves could be found in that Forest. He told Zoila about his idea and how, maybe, the answers to their questions, which their grandmother would not give them, were in the Forest. He didn't convince Zoila, but after talking about it they decided to go to the Forest to see what they would find out. Thus, they worked out how to avoid being attacked by wild animals and witches, changed clothes and went into the woods without telling their grandmother. That proved to be fateful, for they encountered the witch and ended up trapped in the woods.
But they were not as bad off as that makes it seem. The twins lived with their well-to-do grandmother in a large, well-furnished countryside home. In fact, she saw to it they had the best clothes, went to the best school and ate the best food. Yet there was one thing their grandmother would not give them: answers to questions they had about themselves.
Being twins, Zayden and Zoila looked exactly like from the color of the hair to the shapes of their faces to even the way they talked and walked – and yet they were different colors. Zoila was tanned like golden honey and Zayden was pale like spring wheat. Why they were like this they couldn't understand. So they would ask their grandmother, and she always gave them the same answer: "One day you will know."
Naturally enough, the twins were used to being that way; they had been like that their entire lives. But being used to it didn't stop them from thinking about it. Maybe they weren't twins. Maybe one of them had a sickness that made skin color change. Or maybe one of their parents was like Zayden and the other like Zoila. When they asked their grandmother who their parents were, what color they were, and most important what happened to them, she still gave them the same answer, "One day you will know."
These unanswered questions were not the only mystery that surrounded Zayden's and Zoila's lives. They lived in the time of the witches of Lambsdore, an age for making magic and casting spells that began over seventy years before the twins were born, when a tribe of witches arrived in Lambsdore.
The story begins here and it's witnessed by nine-year-old Jerimiah, the harbor master's grandson. He was at the harbor that day to see the witches get off the ship that brought them to Lambsdore. Quite a few of them arrived, too, and while most were good there were a few bad ones. Among the bad ones was Witch Gretchen of Figfuddlekips who, as the years went by, became the worst of the bad ones.
Witch Gretchen was seventeen then, quite smart and very pretty – and yet she hated it when people stared at her. As her luck would have it, though, the largest crowd ever gathered at the pier that day to see her and her sister witches. This bothered the teenage witch quite much. In fact, the longer the people stared at them the angrier she got until she couldn't stand it anymore. She decided then to teach the people a lesson and cast a wicked spell into the air while she and her sister witches gathered to say their goodbyes.
It worked. No sooner did she and her sister witches begin to leave the pier, than her evil spell struck to frighten the people of Bishops Town. The people ran away like startled children, and Witch Gretchen loved it. Sadly for the good witches, her evil spell began to make the people dislike witches – to hate and fear them, in fact. This didn't bother young Witch Gretchen, though. She went off happily to live in the Red Forest, where she grew to be quite old and quite evil.
Jerimiah never forgot what happened that day. It affected him so that he wrote a book about it when he became a young man. And so it happened seventy-plus years later that the twins found a copy of the book in their grandmother's house. The twins read the book as soon as they found it, which added to their curiosity about the Red Forest.
By then the Red Forest had become both a place where people avoided going and a place where curious kids went to explore. And Zoila and Zayden were two of them, although they were never infatuated with the place like some of their friends. Then one day Zayden saw a strange thing in the woods from far away that made him wonder if the answer to their questions about themselves could be found in that Forest. He told Zoila about his idea and how, maybe, the answers to their questions, which their grandmother would not give them, were in the Forest. He didn't convince Zoila, but after talking about it they decided to go to the Forest to see what they would find out. Thus, they worked out how to avoid being attacked by wild animals and witches, changed clothes and went into the woods without telling their grandmother. That proved to be fateful, for they encountered the witch and ended up trapped in the woods.
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| BN ID: | 2940185794067 |
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| Publisher: | Louis Benito Domingo |
| Publication date: | 07/20/2024 |
| Series: | The Witches of Lambsdore - Series 1, 2, 3 and 4 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Sales rank: | 159,322 |
| File size: | 1 MB |
| Age Range: | 9 - 12 Years |
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