Synopsis Briella has a secret. 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. 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. Can she keep this year's consequences under control or are the townspeople about to discover some very interesting pumpkins? About the books. 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 Starlight Investigations Series and gives her fans a more personal relationship with the main characters of those books. Readers do not need to have read the Starlight Investigation series to enjoy the Halloween Madness stories. However, they do contain spoilers for the first two books in the Starlight Investigation series, Jealousy Monsters, and Vampire. Due to multiple requests from young people for shorter books, each story in the Halloween Madness series is a shorter read, ranging between 19,000 and 22,000 words. This author is Australian and uses Australian Engish to tell her stories.