My Friend Is A Witch. A Mummy at the Market – vol. 2

Fantasy
Humorous

When your classmate is a witch, history projects are so much more fun. But you might just get chased by a mummy!

Miriam wants to be noticed by Thomas, the boy she likes, by making a good impression in their history group work. Priscilla will take care of it! In fact, the little witch suggests that Miriam secretly come along to the Wednesday Market, where her mother sells wonderful magical artefacts, including many from Ancient Egypt. However, while the two girls and their friend Bartholomeus are at the Market, they are discovered by a very touchy mummy and find themselves in real trouble. To avoid ending up mummified, Miriam challenges the mummy to a riddle contest and, with the help of her friends, manages to escape.

  • A second episode packed with even more laughs and adventure—perfect for early independent readers.
  • A world full of quirky creatures and magical settings to spark imagination and reading joy.

From the same series: A Strange Classmate, Morgana’s Diadem.

Publisher: Salani
Target: 8-10
Year: 2022
Author
Gisella Laterza

Gisella Laterza lives in Bergamo—or more precisely, in a downtown café where she spends her time writing. When she’s not writing, she teaches Italian and Latin at a high school and leads creative writing workshops for boys and girls aged 6 to 99. She has published novels, short stories for school anthologies, biographies, and a children’s adaptation of the Divine Comedy (Einaudi Ragazzi). Among her most successful series is Three Friends and a Diary (Tre amiche per un diario, Il Battello a Vapore). Under the pseudonym Ella Archer, she wrote Abyss and Enchantment, a fantasy romance currently being translated in France, the Netherlands, and Spain. The book was a finalist for the ILfest Prize (Munich, 2025) and the Romance Book Party Awards (Naples, 2025).

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