The Worst Witch
by Jill Murphy

Mildred Hubble just gets deeper and deeper into trouble at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches. From the moment of her arrival, things seem to go wrong. Maybe she isn't cut out to be witch? Her spells backfire, her broomstick won't fly, even her cat is peculiar - tabby, rather than the regulation black. Thankfully, her best friend always sticks by her. And things do get better, especially when Mildred saves the school by turning Miss Cackle's sister into a snail. So perhaps she can be a good witch, after all. (7+)