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An Interview with Robert Kent

For my thirty-fifth Dream Gardens kid lit podcast, I interviewed author and blogger Robert Kent about his favorite middle grade children’s novel,  The Witches by Roald Dahl and illustrated by Quentin Blake.

First published in 1983, The Witches tells the story of a young boy and his grandmother who stumble upon a devious plot cooked up by witches across the world. Led by the perfectly evil Grand High Witch,  they plan to turn every child into a mouse using Formula 87 Delayed-action mouse-maker and then wiping them out. Even after the boy is changed into a mouse himself, he and his grandmother come up with their own plan to turn the table on the witches and give them a taste of their own medicine.  Part horror, part comedy, and part fantasy-adventure,  The Witches is dark little novel that will either delight or appall the reader – or maybe even both! – but for Roald Dahl fans it is a must read for sure.

Robert Kent is author of the middle grade book Banneker Bones and the Giant Robot Bees and host of the blog Middle Grade Ninja. Robert also writes horror fiction for adults and conducts occasional writing workshops at the Indiana Writer’s Center. You can find Robert’s website at www.middlegradeninja.com.

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