Customer Reviews
A Wicked Book - By: Mrs. A. T. Whitehead, 14 Apr 2008 
This book is about a boy & his grandma. Unfortunately his parents died
so he went to live with his Nan in England. In the 6 weeks holiday he was going to Norway but his Nan had pneumonia so he could not. He went to Bournemouth instead. In the hotel there were roughly 99 witches (including the grand high witch). He went to train his mice & he got caught in the room with them .....
I like the book because the characters were amazing.
It was just the words I wanted to read, I could not wait to read on to the other chapters. It is my alll time favourite book.
I would give this novel a rating of a wicked 5.
Faran Cox Herbert Thompson Primary School
I love the book `The Witches' because the witch characters are reallly well described. They do not clean their toe nails. They wear long black hats. I like the boy because he his brave. It was funny because the witch was saying a funky saying.
Soraya Chamani & Jessica Kingsley Herbert Thompson Primary School
Scary! - By: Mehajabeen Farid, 12 Feb 2008 
Plot: To witches children smell like dogs droppings & you never know where one is. On the outside (with a disguise on), a witch can look like any ordinary women. Without the gloves to cover their cat like claws; they wear wigs because they are actuallly bald; witches are very difficult to tell apart from humans, or are they?
Fact: The boy (who is unnamed) in the story's grandmother is Norwegian & is reallly based on Roald Dahl's mother who inspired him a lot!
Rating & recommendation: I would rate this brilliant book 7/ 10; I think would recommend this perfect paperback to alll Roald Dahl fans, especiallly 7 - 12 year
olds
*Aneesa-ahmed* - By: Aneesa-ahmed, 07 Aug 2007 This Roald Dahl book is absolutely fantastic.It is my alll time favourite story by Roald Dahl.I thought it was so interesting I couldn't stop reading it.If you have not read The Witches I am sure whenever you do get to reading it you will love it.Even if you are not reallly into reading books I know you'll like it.My favourite part of the story would be when Luke was caught by the witches.
Is she a witch? - By: John Steven Rawlins, 01 Oct 2006 
Where are you right now? Who is sitting beside you?
This book will explain how to find out if the woman sitting beside you is a witch, or if she's just a regular woman; what to do when a witch is just beside you; & how to run away from her.
Highly Recommended - By: A Happy Mum, 07 Sep 2006 I am currently reading this book to my children at bedtime, & it must be the most gripping book they have had so far! Unusuallly for them, they sit silently, listening & hanging on every word. I read just a few chapters a night & every night so far they have cried, "NOOOO! Not yet!! one more chapter...PLEASE just ONE more chapter!!".
The style in which the book is written is the key to it's success I believe. The book has been written as though it is a true story.
We have previously finished reading James & the giant peach, & although they enjoyed it, The Witches is most definitely more popular.
A truly great read. Well done Mr Dahl!
