Suitcase S(witch)
By (Author) Aisha Bushby
Illustrated by Coralie Muce
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
4th July 2023
18th May 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
823.92
Paperback
72
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 5mm
120g
When Zahra accidentally swaps suitcases with a witch, it's the beginning of a whole series of magical mishaps.Her feet take on a dancing life of their own when she puts on a pair of enchanted boots, while her first flyingadventure in a charmed cloak nearly ends in disaster! But it's not all bad. She learns a spell that can transformher dad's worst cooking into a gourmet delight and makes a new best friend in the form of a talking cat. When
she finds the witch again, will Zahra even want to get her own suitcase back!
Aisha Bushby is a writer who combines heartbreaking emotional stories and unforgettable characters with a sprinkling of magic. She was selected as one of only four previously unpublished authors in the Stripes anthology, A Change is Gonna Come, alongside writers such as Patrice Lawrence, Tanya Byrne and Nikesh Shukla. The anthology was awarded a YA Book Prize Special Achievement Award. Her debut novel, A Pocketful of Stars (2019), was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and the Branford Boase and described as 'poignant and atmospheric' by the Guardian. Her second novel Moonchild: Voyage of the Lost and Found (2020), is the first in a new series of magical fantasy adventures, inspired by The Arabian Nights.