by Melvin Burgess · Tapa dura · ISBN 9781783446902
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«The Lost Witch» is the young adult fantasy novel by Melvin Burgess published by Andersen Press in hardcover (336 pages, in English).
Bea begins to hear and see creatures, voices and visions that others do not perceive. Some strangers tell her she has the rare powers of a witch and that someone is chasing her, while her parents believe they are hallucinations. Between her daily life and her relationship with Lars, Bea must decide whom to trust to free herself from those who hunt her.
«The Lost Witch» was originally published on August 2, 2018. Melvin Burgess is a winner of the Carnegie Medal. «The Lost Witch» was nominated for the Leeds Book Awards 2019 in the 14-16 category.
The novel is intended for young and adult readers, especially fans of urban fantasy and witch stories.
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.
