The Witch's Sister

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Book Overview

When the darkness, tolls the hour, I shall have you in my power... Lynn and her best friend, Mouse, are positive their neighbor, Mrs. Tuggle, is a witch. And they suspect the old woman is forcing Lynn's sister, Judith, to join her coven to witches. But Lynn and Mouse can't prove anything and their parents don't believe them. the girls are desperate to expose Mrs. Tuggle's evil nature, especially since her actions are becoming more threatening everyday...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689853157
• ISBN13: 9780689853159
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

I HAVE IT!

Great Book...and Great TV Movie. I found tv movie in VHS on Ebay. I watched it as a kid along with my family. The movie also includes the making of Witch's Sister. I hope you you can get the movie. WITCH'S SISTER - VHS Movie: Witch's Sister, a six part dramatic serial based on the book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, tells the story of Lynn Morley, 10, who thinks her sister Judith, 16, is being turned into a witch by a mysterious old woman. As Lynn and her best friend struggle to unravel the mystery, they are plunged into a series of strange adventures, which finally forces them to face the fact that the truth is not always what it appears to be. Special Features: A look behind the scenes at the production of Big Blue Marble's dramatic serial "Witch's Sister," including pre-production, location filming, editing and music scoring.

One of my favorite childhood memories

This book and its two sequels were some of my favorite books when I was a kid, although the third one--THE WITCH HERSELF--was not as good as the first two. This is a convincingly creepy book, and what makes it especially good is that the author is very careful not to show anything that definitely proves that Judith and Mrs. Tuggle can do magic, thus leaving the question open as to whether Lynn and Mouse are imagining things. The friendship between Lynn and Mouse is well-drawn, and the author does a good job of integrating the supernatural plot in with everyday happenings of Lynn and Mouse's life.

One of the best witch books ever...

I think it's kind of sad that this author has fallen prey to the trap of writing SERIES books like the Alice series. This is one of her older books, and although it has a few sequels, it is one-of-a-kind and does not have that "first of a series" production-line quality that has ruined children's literature. Highly original, truly scary, richly evocative...a wonderful justaposition of creepy magic and mundane suburbia. A modern classic of sorts.

a great book

I love this book. I started reading this book after I checked it out from the library and I couldn't stop reading it until I finished it. Even though it gave me the creeps it's still a great book.

A deliciously spooky tale

A house with dark shadows and bad energy, on top of a windswept hill ... an old lady who, at first, seems like a kindly grandma but perhaps is more of a sinister figure ... a young girl who watches with growing concern as her older sister acts more and more strangely after spending increasing amounts of time in the old lady's house on top of the hill ... what a well-written, spooky tale (the ending is especially thrilling)! And luckily for readers, this is the first in a series of books about this brave young girl's battle with evil. Too bad it's not available right now -- this is a classic book that all kids AND adults would enjoy reading.