<p><strong>Synopsis</strong></p><p><strong>Briella has a secret.</strong></p><p>Wielding magic produces some complicated issues during October for Briella. The problem is, she is unable to prepare for the consequences as they present differently, each year.</p><p>When she discovers the adverse effects of shrinking a pencil to complete some drawings, she realises there could be more significant problems looming in the pumpkin patch.</p><p>Can she keep this year&rsquo;s consequences under control or are the townspeople about to discover some very interesting pumpkins?</p><p><strong>About the books.</strong></p><p>The Pumpkin Patch is the first of six books in the Halloween Madness Series written by Marnie Atwell. It is a spin-off of her&nbsp;Starlight Investigations Series and gives her fans a more personal relationship with the main characters of those books.</p><p>Readers do not need to have read the Starlight Investigation series to enjoy the Halloween Madness stories. However,&nbsp;they do contain spoilers for&nbsp;the first two books in the Starlight Investigation series, Jealousy Monsters, and Vampire.</p><p>Due to multiple requests from young people for shorter books, each story in the&nbsp;Halloween Madness series is a shorter read, ranging between 19,000 and 22,000 words. This&nbsp;author is Australian and uses Australian Engish to tell her stories.</p>