Paperback
Black Maria
By Diana Wynne Jones
A magical classic novel from the Godmother of British fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones.
On the surface, Great Aunt Maria seems like a harmless old lady.
But when Mig and her family go to visit, they soon learn that Aunt Maria rules Cranbury-on-Sea with a rod of sweetness that’s tougher than iron and deadlier than poison. Life revolves around women’s tea parties, while grey-suited men behave like zombies and clone-like children fade into the background.
Mig is convinced that Aunt Maria must be a witch, but who will believe her? Maybe the ghost who haunts the downstairs bedroom holds the key . . .?
PRAISE FOR DIANA WYNNE JONES: -
”'Diana Wynne Jones ought to be crowned with coloured garlands because she is the best writer of magical fantasy for children in this country” - Evening Standard
”'Diana Wynne Jones is, quite simply, the best writer of magic there is, for readers of any age.” - Neil Gaiman
”'…Her hallmarks include laugh-aloud humour, plenty of magic and imaginative array of alternate worlds. Yet, at the same time, a great seriousness is present in all of her novels,a sense of urgency that links Jones’s most outrageous plots to her readers” - hopes and fears…' Publishers Weekly