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A magical tale brimming with heart Anne Ursu National Book Awardlonglisted author ofThe Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy

Maud has grown up in a house made of gingerbread wanting nothing more than to be a witch like Mother Agatha But just like all of Agathas gingerbread creationsfrom the magical house to the chocolate mousse squirrelMaud will turn back into crumbs if anything ever happens to Agatha
This seems unthinkableuntil Hansel and Gretel a pair of witch hunters push Agatha into the cottages oven
To save herself and the other creations Maud will have to go into the dangerous forest of the Shadelands to find the First Witchs spellbook But with witch hunters on her trail and others interested in the book for their own means can Maud bring back the only mother shes ever knownor will witch hunters capture her before she can save her gingerbread family