The Witch in the Tower by Júlia Sardà
The Witch in the Tower by Júlia Sardà
The Witch in the Tower by Júlia Sardà
The Witch in the Tower by Júlia Sardà
The Witch in the Tower by Júlia Sardà

The Witch in the Tower by Júlia Sardà

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Ages: 5–9 years

"Not merely a modern classic but one for the ages. . . . Utterly spellbinding." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Gorgeous illustrations are the star of this fantastical adventure about hidden magic, growing up, and braving the unknown to find yourself.

Everything is changing for Carmela. Her older sister, Franca, has new, mean friends, and Carmela is feeling lost and lonely. So she decides to go for a walk—to walk until she can’t anymore, then walk a bit more. Her walking takes her to a strange tower, and what she finds there will transform her life forever. In this companion to The Queen in the Cave, her authorial debut, renowned illustrator Júlia Sardà ventures into a mesmerizing world where mermaid grease washes away envy, a giant’s hair helps you face bullies, a circular library holds all your secrets, and a dome of crystal prisms opens a view to the cosmos. Dreamlike and filled with whimsy, the artist’s kaleidoscopic patterns, decorative borders, glowing colors, and layered, elaborately detailed imagery will bewitch young readers as readily as the title character does Carmela—and beckon them to return for many a visit.

Age range: 5 - 9 years

Júlia Sardà was born in Barcelona. As a child, she saw her father Jordi Sardà drawing and painting, and he became her first and biggest artistic influence. Her mum Elisabet Portabella in her long black skirts selling tofu and listening to Enya was also a great influence. From 2007 to 2010 she studied illustration and other disciplines in a school named Joso, the University of Fine Arts and Massana School in Barcelona. Then she started working and she realized that what she enjoyed more was editorial illustration, so slowly she focused her efforts in this direction.

She is best known as the illustrator for such books as The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo, Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion by Dave Eggers, The Treasures of Barracuda by Llanos Campos, Rose Campion and the Stolen Secret by Lyn Gardner, Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey, an illustrated gift edition of Mary Poppins, and Sweep by Louise Greig. The Witch in the Tower is set in the same world as her author-illustrator debut, The Queen in the Cave. She lives in Barcelona.

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