<p><b>Adventurous, magical and brilliantly funny next book in the <i>House at the Edge of Magic</i> series.</b><br><br>Nine and her friends have cured the house''s hiccups and are off to the strange and utterly unpredictable Back of Beyond in search of Professor Dish ¿ Spoon''s best friend and partner in all things alchemy.<br><br>When they find Dish trapped by the greedy witch Ophidia in the basement of a particularly marvellous shop, it soon becomes clear they''re going to need something more than Flabberghast''s dicey magic and Nine''s quick thinking to triumph this time. What they <i>really</i> need is a rather clever witch ¿ one particularly good at curses...<br><br><i>A new instalment in the brilliantly funny, magical and commercial series for readers age 8+.</i></p>