Volume 47 pages
2012 year
The Witches of Pendle
About the book
A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Written for Learners of English by Rowena Akinyemi.
Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break it… and a few weeks later you are dead.
Today, of course, most people don't believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family…
Roger Nowell looked at me with his warm brown eyes. ‘Very well,’ he said. ‘Come home with me, and we can talk.’ He lifted me up on to his ho…
Malkin Tower. They came and asked about Old Demdike and Alizon, and they stayed to eat and drink. I helped my mother. We cooked the sheep ov…
‘Yes, I do,’ James said angrily. His face went red. ‘My dog, Dandy, is the Devil and he killed a man for me. I wanted a shirt and Mr Duckwor…
It was Friday, the tenth day of April. My family had some friends, poor people, and on that day they came to
‘I’m going to Mr Nowell,’ I said quietly, to Pendle Hill. ‘I’m going to tell him about my mother and her friends.’