The Witches of Hellum — B.J. Ramsey

Imagine a world where jumping into wells and through pictures as portals, befriending a Batrat, riding on a magic cloud, battling Treetop Trolls and Frogfangs, hearing witches chanting that they want the head with the embedded emerald aren't the most exciting things happening. Worse, imagine being scared out of your wits, not knowing if the person standing next to you is a friend or an evil witch. Ever since Jamaica had come home for the summer from Boot Camp for Kid Angels, the Browns had been so mean and hideous that all she wanted was to get back to her training. But just a few days before her departure, Jamaica receives a warning from an odd-looking creature who says that if she returns to training -- now at Boot Camp Castle -- something catastrophic will happen. Could it be worse for Jamaica than her foster sister, Jezebella, and her friends attempting to drown her? And, sure enough, it is. In Jamaica's third season of training, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the castle's old library. But then the real trouble begins -- someone . . . or something . . . is attacking the castle and putting students into comas. More importantly, what really happens to our beloved Jamaica during the battle of the boars? Could Bertha Baxter be behind all of this? Or, is it The Witches of Hellum?