Books in The Floods series

The second book in The Floods series about a family of witches and wizards who might be living in your town Look through the cobwebbed, murky arched window in deepest Patagonia, and this is what you might see. Every day five of the Flood children travel halfway round the world to Quicklime College, the ultimate school for witches and wizards. There's no time for silly games flying around on broomsticks. Sports day is coming up, and before you even wonder how four–legged Satanella copes with the three–legged race, here's a secret for you: Orkward Warlock, the vilest child in the school, and his sidekick, The Toad, hate the big, happy Floods family. And they're plotting to kill the Floods—on sports day.

The Floods are suspects in a murder case—can they prove their innocence before it's too late? There's been a murder at Quicklime College and the world's most famous Forensic Special Investigator, Grusom, has been sent to investigate. With the help of his super-smart new assistant, Avid—and a can of magic beans—Grusom unearths the clues that will help him find the murderer. In no time, he has five suspects. Their names are Winchflat, Morbid, Silent, Merlinmary, and Satanella Flood. Will the Floods be able to stay hidden from the law—and from the evil enemy who is secretly following their every move—until they can prove their innocence?

Each member of the Flood family has a secret cellar under the house. Find out what's inside, if you dare. If you ever find make it through the snarling front gate of 13 Acacia St. without being eaten, past Queen Scratchrot's grave in the backyard without having your ankle grabbed, and down into the cellars of the Floods family without being turned into a Belgian geography teacher, this will tell you what you might see.

For the Floods, school includes classes in howling, burglary, and invisibility. They attend Quicklime College—the ultimate school for wizards and witches. And if their homework sounds like more fun than yours, that's because it is! There's only one drawback to Quicklime: Orkward Warlock, the vilest boy in school. He hates everyone and everything, and he hates the whole big, happy Flood family most of all. He's even plotting to get rid of them. Fortunately the Floods are the best students the school has ever seen, and they're ready to teach Orkward a lesson that no one will ever forget!

For the Floods, school includes classes in howling, burglary, and invisibility. They attend Quicklime College—the ultimate school for wizards and witches. And if their homework sounds like more fun than yours, that's because it is! There's only one drawback to Quicklime: Orkward Warlock, the vilest boy in school. He hates everyone and everything, and he hates the whole big, happy Flood family most of all. He's even plotting to get rid of them. Fortunately the Floods are the best students the school has ever seen, and they're ready to teach Orkward a lesson that no one will ever forget!

The Floods may bury relatives in their backyard, grow cobwebs in every room, and eat slugs for breakfast, but this loving family of wizards and witches is a delight to have next door...unlike their neighbors the Dents—a mean, nasty family that shatters the calm of the whole block. Maybe a little of the Floods' magic will cure the Dents of their obnoxious ways. And if not, a lot of magic will rid the neighborhood of the Dents once and for all!