The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab 282 pages
The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children.
If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company.
And there are no strangers in the town of Near.
These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life.
But
when an actual stranger - a boy who seems to fade like smoke - appears
outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of
these sayings is no longer true.
The next night, the children of
Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls
under suspicion. Still, he insists on helping Lexi search for them.
Something tells her she can trust him.
As the hunt for the
children intensifies, so does Lexi's need to know - about the witch that
just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to
speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless
boy.
