Beware the Clopper!

Beware the Clopper!
ISBN-10
069817545X
ISBN-13
9780698175457
Category
Juvenile Fiction
Pages
144
Language
English
Published
2016-09-06
Publisher
Penguin
Author
John Bemelmans Marciano

Description

The third book in an exciting new chapter book series by John Bemelmans Marciano and Caldecott medalist Sophie Blackall. Welcome to Benevento, an ancient town famous for its witches! The children of Benevento have to be careful and clever to evade the clutches of such witches as the Manalonga, the Janara, and the Clopper, who hide in wells and under bridges, fly at midnight, and play tricks during Mischief Season. Five cousins – Primo, Emilio, Rosa, Maria Beppina, and Sergio – share adventures and narrow escapes, and discover astonishing secrets as they outwit the witches in each exciting story. Book #3 Beware the Clopper!: a Maria Beppina Story Maria Beppina, the timid tag-along cousin, is always afraid that the Clopper, the old witch who chases the children, will catch her. And then one day she decides to stop—just stop—and see what the Clopper will do.

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