The Near Witch

The Near Witch

<b><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i></b><b> bestseller Brand new edition of Victoria Schwab's long out-of-print, stunning debut</b></b><br><br>All-new deluxe edition of an out-of-print gem, containing in-universe short story "The Ash-Born Boy" and a never-before-seen introduction from V.E. Schwab.<br><br>The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. <br><br>If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. <br><br>There are no strangers in the town of Near. <br><br>These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. <br><br>But when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. <br><br>The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. <br><br>As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi's need to know about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy. <br><br>Part fairy tale, part love story, Victoria Schwab's debut novel is entirely original yet achingly familiar: a song you heard long ago, a whisper carried by the wind, and a dream you won't soon forget.