Hex and Hilda: A wickedly funny magical adventure for 7+!
About this audiobook
Meet Hex and Hilda – best friends and worst witches!
Hex is snarky and gothic with a sense of humour to match. Can she learn the spells and curses required to succeed at Broombeetles School of Sorcery?
Hilda is a ray of sunshine who loves to see the best in everything. Will she master the most helpful charms and prove her goodness at Moonfeather Academy for Witches?
Through the letters between the BFFs, follow the girls' trials, tribulations, and spells-gone-wrong as they navigate their first term at two very different witch schools!
Get ready for:
- Explosive spells,
- Potion fails,
- Broomstick crashes,
- Quirky animal familiars,
- and lots and lots of laughs!
Hillarious, warm-hearted, and illustrated throughout by Alice McKinley - Hex and Hilda is perfect for fans of Amelia Fang, Grimwood, The Worst Witch and Rainbow Grey.
About the author
Katya Balen is an author whose novels have won some of the most prestigious children’s literary awards, including the Carnegie medal, the Carnegie Shadowers’ Choice medal, the UKLA Prize, The Indie Book Award and the Wainwright Prize. Before becoming an author, Katya studied at Oxford and Cambridge, and then worked in social care, special schools and a children’s hospice. She lives in London with her partner and their son.
Jenny Pearson's middle-grade novels, including The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates (Usborne), have been published in twenty languages. She has been shortlisted for UK awards including the Costa, Waterstones Prize, Branford Boase, UKLA and Lollies, and her books have been selected as Waterstones Book of the Month, the Times Book of the Year and Sunday Times Book of the Week.
Alice McKinley has worked in publishing for the best part of 4 years, working with brilliant companies such as Andersen Press, Little Tiger Press and Nobrow. She decided to chase her dreams and become an Author/Illustrator and competed the Children’s Picture Book Illustration MA at the Cambridge School of Arts in 2018.
