MGPL Webrary® - Books about Witches

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Aiken, Joan.: Witch of Clatteringshaws. Delacorte Press, 2005. Dido travels to Scotland and, aided by Woodlouse and by Father Sam's cousin Malise, the Witch of Clatteringshaws, seeks another heir to the throne who can relieve her friend Simon of the burden of being king of England.
Barnes, Emma.: Jessica Haggerthwaite: Witch Dispatcher. Walker & Company, 2001. When her mother decides to start a business as a professional witch, eleven-year-old Jessica sets out to sabotage the project.
Bellairs, John.: The House with a Clock in its Walls. Dial Press, 1973. A breezy and pleasantly shivery excursion into the occult, with Lewis, a likeable boy hero, and Uncle Jonathan and Mrs. Zimmerman, a pair of benign and eccentric adults whose zany magic defeats a ghost.
Codell, Esme Raji.: Diary of a Fairy Godmother. Hyperion Books for Children, 2005. Hunky Dory's mother always told her, "You'll be the wickedest witch wherever the four winds blow." And why not? She was at the top of her class in charm school. She could make flowers wilt like wet spaghetti and thunder rumble like a whale's bellyache. And she could turn any prince into a frog - but she always changed him back. That's when Hunky knew there'd be a problem.
Coppinger, Tom.: Curse in Reverse. Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003. After a witch places a curse on them, a childless couple lives in fear for many years before coming to understand that the curse is really a blessing in disguise.
Delaney, Joseph.: Revenge of the Witch. Greenwillow Books, 2005. Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties."
Furlong, Monica.: Colman. Random House, 2004. After Juniper and her companions find that the Cornwall, England, castle where she was raised as a princess has been destroyed, they devise a plan to use magic to oppose the evil Meroot and the Gray Knight and to restore the authority of Prince Brangwyn.; Juniper. Borzoi Sprinters, 1992. While apprenticed to the witch woman Euny, a young girl struggles to save her family from the evil machinations of her power-hungry Aunt Meroot. Prequel to WISE CHILD.; Wise Child. Knopf, 1987. Abandoned by both her parents, 9-year-old Wise Child goes to live with the witch woman Juniper, who begins to train her in the ways of herbs and magic.
Gliori, Debi.: Pure Dead Magic. Knopf, 2001. When their father is kidnapped and danger looms, the Strega-Borgia children, their mysterious new nanny, and a giant tarantula use magic and actual trips through the Internet to bring peace to their Scottish castle.
Griffin, Adele.: Witch Twins and Melody Malady. Hyperion Books for Children, 2003. When their five-star witch grandmother performs a new spell, identical one-star witch twins Claire and Luna are transformed into their animal selves. When their stepmother introduces them to TV star Melody Malady, the girls discover what it meansto be sisters and friends.
Horn, Emily.: Excuse me--are You a Witch? Charlesbridge, 2003. A lonely black cat named Herbert searches for some witches to keep him company.
Horowitz, Anthony.: Raven's Gate. Scholastic Press, 2005. Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.
Jarvis, Robin.: The Whitby Witches. Chronicle Press, 2006. Ben and Jennet, an orphaned brother and sister, are taken in by an old woman in the quaint fishing village of Whitby, where they soon learn of the town's ancient lore and become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil.
Naylor, Phyllis R.: The Witch Herself. Atheneum, 1978. The struggle of Lynn with Mrs. Tuggle begun in Witch's Sister and Witch Water.; The Witch's Eye. Delacorte Press, 1990. Though suspected witch-neighbor Mrs. Tuggle has died, her glass eye resurfaces, bringing new dangers and terrors to Lynn's family.; Witch Water. Atheneum, 1977. Lynn and her friend Mouse believe their elderly neighbor is a witch.; Witch Weed. Delacorte Press, 1991. A series of mysterious events and the strange behavior of a group of their schoolmates convince Lynn and her best friend, Mouse, that the destructive power of a witch recently killed in a fire is still very much alive.
Norton, Mary.: Bed-knob and Broomstick. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1957. Charles, Carey, and Paul discover a lonely spinster studying to become a witch who gives the children special magic powers.
Pratchett, Terry.: The Wee Free Men. HarperCollins, 2003. A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of six-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.; Wintersmith. Harper Tempest 2006. When witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of Winter, she requires the help of the six-inch-high, sword-wielding, sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright.



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