Earwig and the Witch Page 4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Jones, Diana Wynne.
Earwig and the witch / by Diana Wynne Jones; [illustrator, Paul O. Zelinsky].
p. cm.
“Greenwillow Books.”
Summary: Although an orphan, Earwig has always enjoyed living at St. Morwald’s, where she manages to make everyone do her bidding, but when she is taken in by a foster parents who are actually a witch and a demon, she has a hard time trying to turn the situation to her advantage.
ISBN 978-0-06-207511-6 (trade bdg.)
[1. Orphans—Fiction. 2. Witches—Fiction. 3. Magic—Fiction. 4. Cats—Fiction.]
I. Zelinsky, Paul O., ill. II. Title.
PZ7.J684Ear 2011 [Fic]—dc 222010048999
10 11 12 13 14 LP/RRDH 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
First Edition
EPub Edition © January 2012 ISBN: 9780062075147
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