The Worst Witch (The Worst Witch #1)
by Jill Murphy
Chapter book · ages 8–10 · grades 3–5 · 580L · 112 pages · 2004
Why we'd hand it over
A witchy boarding-school romp that avoids the precious trap—Mildred is genuinely hopeless at magic, her best friend is a snob, and nothing magically fixes itself, which kids find oddly reassuring.