The Pitchstone Witch

This is the second Jimmy Joss adventure. The Pitchstone Witch has followed him from the Antiverse and is out to destroy him. Jimmy does some research to see what he can use to fight his enemy. In a book he reads how the hero fights Nance the witch with marigolds, a horseshoe and earth from his grannies grave. As Jimmy’s grannies are alive he uses dirt from the grave of his grannies dog, Dan. Jimmy also discovers that marbles are like the old glass balls that were used to protect the owner from witches. Micky asks his Grandma in Barbados to see the wise woman for help. She sends him a letter, coral powder and a piece of dried crocodile skin. Later a riddle appears on the back of the letter which the boys think is from Chitwe. With Micky’s cousin, Annie, and two school friends they set out to destroy the witch. Fighting on the friends side are Orangees, hedgehogs, moles, water rats and Dan the dog. The witch’s army consists of slugs, worms, spiders, rats and spiteful creatures like the Fungoids the boys fought in the Antiverse. Will the friends vanquish the witch or is she too powerful?