Hedgewitch
Skye McKenna Welbeck Ages 6–12
Cassie is alone and friendless at a dreadful boarding school, finding solace only in reading. When she runs away after her mother dies, she is befriended and saved from evil goblins by a talking cat and an old broom. She is taken to Hedgely, where her aunt Miranda is the Hedgewitch, protecting the land from dangerous creatures who live beyond the hedge. Cassie is curious, and against the rules, enters the hedge ... A riveting read.