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Reader reviewed by Lulu

In a Hat Full of Sky, Tiffany has grown up two years and is now 11 years old. Which is old enough to go and work for a witch called Miss Level, who is a little bit strange but Tiffany doesn't let that bother her too much. What does bother her is her inability to ride a broomstick, cast a spell or worst of all create a shamble. What worries her even more than any of that is the times when she slips out of her own body, and joins the mind of random passing animals. Particularly when there's something out there just waiting to fill in a vacated body. Something malevolent, ancient and not particularly willing to give it back. This time round, Tiffany really does need all the help that she can get from Miss Tick, the amazingly strange Miss Level, the leader-that-witches-don't-have Mistress Weatherwax and of course the Nac Mac Feegles.

This book is slightly darker than the first in the series, and as Tiffany grows up, so do the books. That is to say, this book is not as suitable for as young an audience as the first one. As a sequel, it holds up well with an interesting plot and character developements. You'd need to read The Wee Free Men to fully understand it, so if you haven't read that one first. This book isn't as funny as the first in the series, but equally as good. In fact in my opinion it's the best out of the three published so far.