Witch Catcher

When her widower father inherits a castlelike estate in the mountains of West Virginia twelve-year-old Jen is thrilled. It seems like a wish come true. But she quickly realizes that not all change is positive. Her dad has a mysterious new girlfriend Moura who slowly drives a wedge between Jen and her father. Furthermore Moura has an unusually strongalmost obsessiveinterest in the antiques that fill the mansion especially a beautiful glass globe that Jen finds hanging in a window. When Jen''s cat accidentally breaks the globe which Moura calls a witch catcher strange things begin to happen . . .An odd-looking girl wearing a torn dress appears seemingly out of nowhere and Moura''s behavior becomes more sinister leading Jen to believe that her father is a pawn in an evil scheme. Soon Jen finds herself caught in the midst of a supernatural war with the fate of an enchanted raceand her familyat stakespired by the age-old legend of witch catchers Mary Downing Hahn brings a magical cast of characters to life in this compelling fantasy adventure.