Witch's business
by Diana Wynne Jones
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They're in the "revenge" business Jess and Frank's father has stopped their allowances for four whole months That means that Jess can't go anywhere or do anything with her friends. Worse yet, Frank owes money to Buster Knell, the bully. How can Jess and Frank earn some cash -- fast?
By starting a business, Own Back, Ltd. It specializes in revenge, which every kid needs to seek at some time, they figure. Most don't have the courage themselves. But Jess and Frank do -- for a price
Lots of clients show up. But Jess and Frank soon discover that the revenge business can be pretty complicated, especially when it turns out that there's another one in town -- owned by Biddy Iremonger, the fiercely competitive local witch.
Frank and Jess's scheme to earn money by hiring themselves out as revenge seekers seems like a good one until they discover they are in competition with a witch.
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Magic, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Witches, Children's fiction, Magic, fiction, Witches, fiction, England, fiction, Witchcraft, fictionPlaces
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Originally published under title: Wilkins' tooth. Great Britain : Macmillian London, 1973. Witch's business first published in U.S.: New York : E.P. Dutton, 1974.
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Frank and Jess's scheme to earn money by hiring themselves out as revenge seekers seems like a good one until they discover they are in competition with a witch.
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