When the quill writes GO GO GO frantically on the wall, and the House
of the Ancient Crones heaves Gracie Gillypot outside onto the path, it
can mean only one thing: there's Trouble in the Five Kingdoms. This time
it's in the form of a beady-eyed, green-tongued witch named Truda
Hangnail, who with her banished Deep Magic has vowed to succeed Queen
Bluebell on the throne. Now that her horrible spell has shrunk the good
witches of Wadington to the size of, well, rats, can anything stop her?
Will the strengths, smarts, and charms of a spunky trueheart, a
sweet-natured orphan, a scruffy prince, a substantial troll, and two
squabbling bats be enough to foil her insidious plot?
"Readers won't be disappointed by this fractured fairy-tale follow-up."
--Booklist
"Fans...will be much amused by the dashing about, the quick brushes with
danger, and the undercurrents of budding romance." --Kirkus Reviews