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Although an orphan, Earwig has always enjoyed living at St. Morwald's, where she manages to make everyone do her bidding, but when she is taken in by a foster parents who are actually a witch and a demon, she has a hard time trying to turn the situation to her advantage.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Diana Wynne Jones
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