{"product_id":"2940169524390","title":"The Near Witch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Near Witch\" is only an old story told to frighten children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely and always looking for company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are no strangers in the town of Near.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when an actual stranger, a boy who seems to fade like smoke, appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi's need to know about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart fairy tale, part love story, Victoria Schwab's debut novel is entirely original yet achingly familiar: a song you heard long ago, a whisper carried by the wind, and a dream you won't soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Near Witch\u003c\/i\u003e also included the in-universe short story \"The Ash-Born Boy\" and a never-before-seen introduction from V. E. Schwab.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150290862320,"sku":"2940169524390","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169524390_p0.jpg?v=1769895992","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169524390","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}