Witch’s Sister

No need to post this or reply. I just wanted to express my appreciation. My elementary school teacher read Witch’s Sister to my class when I was in 4th or 5th grade. I remember being SO into the story, I couldn’t wait for what happened next! Recently, at age 49 and looking for comfort in these difficult times, I ordered a copy and read it for myself. It was so fun and heartwarming to revisit the story and absorb it as an adult. As another (different type of) writer, I am in awe of your prolific output and want to thank you for it. I never read the rest of the witch series and plan to start!

But I WANT to reply!  I’m delighted that a teacher was willing to read that aloud to a class.  There were a lot of people back then who wanted any book about witches to be banned.  One mother accosted me after I spoke at a school and she said, “Why are you writing books about witches when there are all those people in California running around wearing necklaces made of the fingers of unborn babies?”   Honestly.  That happened.  Nobody seemed to object when libraries carried Grimm’s Fairy Tales about wicked stepmothers having to spend eternity dancing in red shoes, or witches roasting children in ovens.  If you can locate all six of my witch books, you’ll find it’s one continued story.   And yes, Mrs.  Tuggle is the real deal.