The Ragwitch
by Garth Nix
As Julia and her brother, Paul, explore a deserted beach on Australia's northern coast, they find an enormous nest filled with the largest, strangest black feathers -- feathers that neither of them can identify.
But there is something else in the nest, hidden among the feathers -- a small rag doll. When Julia cleans the doll off, it is more beautiful than any she has ever seen. Almost hypnotizingly beautiful.
Indeed, this is no ordinary doll -- as Julia discovers when the doll absorbs Julia's spirit and takes over her body. In order to save his sister from the evil Ragwitch, Paul follows them on a harrowing journey across time into another dimension! There he must battle the Ragwitch and her forces of evil. If not, Julia will be lost....forever.
But there is something else in the nest, hidden among the feathers -- a small rag doll. When Julia cleans the doll off, it is more beautiful than any she has ever seen. Almost hypnotizingly beautiful.
Indeed, this is no ordinary doll -- as Julia discovers when the doll absorbs Julia's spirit and takes over her body. In order to save his sister from the evil Ragwitch, Paul follows them on a harrowing journey across time into another dimension! There he must battle the Ragwitch and her forces of evil. If not, Julia will be lost....forever.