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<\/a><\/p>\nCaution: Witch in Progress is a humorous children\u2019s fantasy aimed at the eight years of age to young teen market.
\nGertie Grimthorpe comes from a long line of witches and grows up in Vile Vale. This is a village where it is quite natural to see flying broomsticks and animated furniture with a mind of its own. Most of the animations are courtesy of Grothilde, a witch who has eyes that look out at the world in two completely different directions. Vile Vale also boasts a cottage with a doorknocker that yells \u201cGO AWAY!\u201d at uninvited guests. Every home should have one. All in all, Vile Vale is just like any other witchy village.
\n\tUnfortunately, Gertie hasn\u2019t really got the hang of witchiness. Being blonde-haired, blue-eyed and free of warts isn\u2019t much of an advantage. She is beautiful and couldn’t be nasty if she tried.
\n\tWhen Gertie reaches the age of seven, Ma decides it is time to begin to teach her a few simple spells. It soon becomes clear that it is not just Gertie\u2019s looks that are a worry. The poor little witch doesn\u2019t have much of a gift for witchcraft at all. Her spells have a nasty habit of going wrong. Her greatest success is animating the wooden bat\u2019s head handle of her umbrella. Unfortunately, \u2018Bat\u2019 hates rain, and now he can loudly tell everyone about it. He also tends to insult everyone he meets. He soon gets to spend a lot of time in the back of Gertie\u2019s wardrobe.
\n\tEven Gertie\u2019s \u2018Familiar\u2019, a short sighted Owl, isn\u2019t much help to her. Unkind people may say that he is actually quite a hindrance.
\n\tNevertheless, Gran insists that Gertie will grow to be very \u2018Special\u2019 one day.
\n\tBy chance, the old witch sees an advert in the paper. It appears that \u2018The Academy\u2019, a famous witch\u2019s school, is willing to take on some \u2018paying\u2019 students this term. Usually, only the most gifted witches and warlocks get to go there. Gran decides that the money she has put away for a stormy day will be well spent on paying for Gertie to attend The Academy. \tWhen Gertie finds out that she is to attend a private academy for magical children, she hopes to find her witchy way in the world. She soon has a best friend in the form of Bertha Bobbit, a big girl, with a matching appetite. Add to that a Moat Monster with a flatulence problem, the weirdest array of witch\u2019s Familiars possible, and a warlock determined to ruin Gertie\u2019s chances of success, and the story unfolds. Join Gertie as she struggles with growing up (and longing to grow her first wart), learning magic and working out how to deal with her grumpy enchanted umbrella.
\nNot to mention the demon\u2026<\/p>\n