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050			_aPR6113.A487 _bV47 2022
100			_aMandanna, Sangu _925946 _eauthor
245			_aThe very secret society of irregular witches _c/ Sangu Mandanna.
260			_aLondon, _bHodder & Stoughton, _c2023.
300			_a318 pages ; _c20 cm.
520			_aA warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family-and a new love-changes the course of her life. As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's used to being alone and she follows the rules...with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos "pretending" to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously. But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and...Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he's concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat. As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and when a threat comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn't know she was looking for...
650		0	_aWitches _vFiction _924028
650		0	_aMagic _vFiction _924059
650		0	_aSecrecy _vFiction _925722
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships _vFiction _911134
650		0	_aLibrarians _vFiction _924147
650		0	_aFamilies _vFiction _922172
655		0	_aFantasy fiction _922510
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