Half Bad [Paperback]

“An enthralling fantasy in the Harry Potter tradition.”—Timemagazine

“A bewitching new thriller.” —The Wall Street Journal

In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are evil; and sixteen-year-old Nathan, who is both. Nathan’s father is the world’s most powerful and cruel Black witch, and his mother is dead. He is hunted from all sides. Trapped in a cage, beaten and handcuffed, Nathan must escape before his seventeenth birthday, at which point he will receive three gifts from his father and come into his own as a witch—or else he will die. But how can Nathan find his father when his every action is tracked, when there is no one safe to trust—not even family, not even the girl he loves?

In the tradition of Patrick Ness and Markus Zusak,Half Badis a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive, a story that will grab hold of you and not let go until the very last page.

Praise and accolades forHalf Bad
 
Highly entertaining and dangerously addictive. —Time Magazine
 
“Genuinely engaging.”—The New York Times
 
“Gripping.”—US Weekly
 
“Bewitching.”—The Wall Street Journal

“Captivating.”—Los Angeles Times

  A page-turner. —The Boston Globe

An epic journey. —D.J. MacHale,New York Timesbestselling author of Pendragon and Sylo
 
Brilliant and utterly compelling. —Kate Atkinson, New York Times bestselling author of Life After Life

This will haunt you. —Marie Lu,New York Timesbestselling author of Legend

Edgy, arresting and brilliantly written. —Micl“I