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The Worst Witch

by Jill Murphy · 1974

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Mildred Hubble is a trainee witch at Miss Cackle's Academy, and she's making an awful mess of it. She's always getting her spells wrong and she can't even ride a broomstick without crashing it. Will she ever make a real witch?

Genre
fantasywitchhumorparanormaladventure
Themes
childhoodwitchcats
Setting
Halloweenboarding schoolEnglandBritish
Audience
childrensmiddle gradeyoung adult
Length
short · 107 pages

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