The Welsh Witch

By Jixie Dye

Jamie Trent couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw two tiny people flying on feather dusters! But that was just the beginning of his magical adventure. When Jamie meets Tesni, a real-life witch, on top of Greycott Hill, they become the best of friends. Together, they explore make-believe worlds, ride on flying buses, and search for hidden pirate treasure.

But why must Tesni travel from place to place, and why does the Queen of the Witches want Tesni and her mother gone? Join Jamie and Tesni as they uncover the secrets behind Tesni's life and discover the power of friendship and bravery in this enchanting story filled with wonder and excitement.

The Welsh Witch is the perfect book for young readers who love magic and adventure!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Jun 21, 2024
• ISBN: 9781035825196

Jixie Dye

Jixie Dye was born in the town of Bury, in the Northwest of England. From a young age, she has enjoyed anything creative, but especially writing stories. She is visually impaired but feels that this has allowed her to see and appreciate much more of the world than she might ordinarily have done. She continues to live in Bury with her Chihuahua, Coco.

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Jixie Dye was born in the town of Bury, in the Northwest of England. From a young age, she has enjoyed anything creative, but especially writing stories. She is visually impaired but feels that this has allowed her to see and appreciate much more of the world than she might ordinarily have done. She continues to live in Bury with her Chihuahua, Coco.

Copyright © Jixie Dye 2024

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A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

ISBN 9781035825189 (Paperback)

ISBN 9781035825196 (ePub e-book)

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First Published 2024

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This book is dedicated to Claire Drysdale, Isaac and Lily-Mae Bolam.

I would like to gratefully acknowledge the help and support of Gary Armstead, Karen Shakespeare, James Austin, Jill Logan, Mags James, Vicky Bolam, and Stefanie Murray

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Sighting

Chapter 2: Searching

Chapter 3: Tesni

Chapter 4: School

Chapter 5: Detention

Chapter 6: Dorothy

Chapter 7: Ceri

Chapter 8: Asgellog

Chapter 9: Tarantur

Chapter 10: Rhys

Chapter 11: Silverport

Chapter 12: Louis

Chapter 13: Treetops

Chapter 14: Greycott

Chapter 1

Sighting

At precisely 8.32 one Monday morning in early January, James Arthur Trent stuck his head out of the red front door of number 12, Victoria Gardens. He looked first one way up the street, then down it. He was about to withdraw his head again, when he saw something quite unusual. But it flashed by so quickly, that for a moment he was unsure that he had seen it at all.

Two feather dusters were flying up the road, and perched on top of each was a small figure, no bigger than ten inches tall. The figure in front was, to be exact, quite a bit bigger than the figure behind, who was clearly a child. But that was all Jamie was able to tell in the ten or so seconds they were visible before they disappeared up the road.

A distant ringing brought Jamie back to the present again. Turning his head, he saw what he had been looking out for. Mr Pobjoy, the milkman was driving up the road in his milk van.

Without another thought for the feather dusters and the people perched upon them, he turned and disappeared back into the house.

Moments later, Jamie left the house, accompanied by his mother, who was in a tearing hurry. They passed Mr Pobjoy, who was just delivering milk bottles to number 10 as they hurried down the road toward the school.

It was not until later that he remembered the strange little people and their feather dusters.

Jamie was what was known in the school as an ‘inside kid’ meaning that he preferred to stay inside at break time rather than go outside. Their teacher was happy to let him do this, so long as he read or wrote or drew but made no noise or mess. There were only two other children that preferred to stay inside, and they were the twin girls from Malaysia who had only just moved to England and knew very little English and so had no friends.

Jamie had tried to talk to them, but as he knew no Malay, and they knew few words in English, the attempt had seemed futile. They now simply smiled at each other from opposite sides of the room and left each other alone.

Jamie’s favourite book was ‘The Wizard of Oz’, and he had just got to the point