Poppy's Garden by Holly Webb

Author:Holly Webb [Holly Webb]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780857633194
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Published: 2014-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

“Guess who I saw on Saturday!” Maya came racing up to Poppy and Izzy on Monday morning, with Emily hurrying behind her.

Poppy shrugged, and then felt a bit guilty and tried to look interested. She’d spent the whole weekend trying to forget about Ali’s stupid spells, and then suddenly remembering them and feeling awful all over again. On Friday night she’d even dreamed about that strange shadow figure. Ali had rubbed it out, but it had been the real Poppy who disappeared instead. Then the chalk figure had got up and walked into the classroom and sat down in Poppy’s place, and no one had noticed.

She’d woken up crying, and her dad had come up to see what was wrong. He’d hugged her and made her a cup of hot chocolate. She’d been so upset he’d let her go downstairs with him to make it, even though it was about midnight. Then he’d sat on the end of her bed for ages, while she tried to get back to sleep.

“Who?” Poppy asked.

“The Wicked Witch of the West,” Maya murmured, leaning close. “And the other two. I can’t think of any more witch names… Anyway. They were in the bookshop.”

“Exciting!” Emily twitched her eyebrows up and down, and Poppy actually laughed. It felt better being back with her friends, people who knew what was going on. She’d almost told Dad on Friday night, but she’d been so tired and jumpy and just plain scared that she hadn’t wanted to talk about it.

“Shut up!” Maya sighed. “I went in with my dad, and they were there. You know Elspeth’s weird laugh?”

The others nodded. Elspeth sounded as though she had the hiccups when she was laughing; it was unmistakable.

“I heard her, so I went to see what they were doing. They were in the bit with all the health books – the section on healing and all the stuff that you like, Poppy. And guess what’s next to all the books about remedies?”

“Gardening?” Poppy asked vaguely, trying to remember. Most of her books had come from the shop that sold the essential oils, not the bookshop.

“Nope. Occult.” Maya looked at them all impatiently. “That means witchy stuff. And they were looking at books from both, Poppy. They’re right next to each other. That’s why they’re doing it! They think you’re into spells too. She said she was going to get you back in your own way, didn’t she?”

“But I don’t do any of that stuff!” Poppy said indignantly.

“Yes, we know that. But Ali just thinks it’s all the same, I bet. She thinks you’re really into spells and potions. Eye of newt, fingernails of bat. All of that stuff. And don’t tell me bats don’t have fingernails, Iz, because I know!”

Izzy closed her mouth with a snap and gave Maya an apologetic grin.

Emily suddenly laughed – an excited, conspiratorial sort of laugh.

Maya nodded. “I know! It’s perfect!”

“What is?” Poppy demanded, frowning.

“They must think you know loads about witchcraft, Poppy,” Emily said eagerly. “Everyone at school knows you’re always coming up with weird stuff, like putting cobwebs on cuts.

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