The Worst Witch
The Worst Witch (Book 1)
- Author Jill Murphy
- Narrator Gemma Arterton
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Publish Date 4 September 2014
- Run Time 1 hours and 6 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Witches, wizards and magicians.
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'Millions of young readers have fallen under the spell of Jill Murphy's Worst Witch' - Sunday Express
Hold on to your broomstick for magical mayhem with Jill Murphy's much-loved classic The Worst Witch- the original story of life at a magical boarding school.
Mildred Hubble is a trainee at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches, but she's making an awful mess of it.
She keeps getting her spells wrong and crashing her broomstick. And when she turns Ethel, the teacher's pet into her worst enemy, chaos ensues...
Read the rest of Mildred's (mis)adventures: The Worst Witch, A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch, The Worst Witch All at Sea, The Worst Witch Saves the Day, The Worst Witch to the Rescue, The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star and First Prize for the Worst Witch.
© Jill Murphy 2001 (P) Penguin Audio 2014
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| Author | Jill Murphy |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Gemma Arterton |
| Series | The Worst Witch |
| Duration | 1 hours and 6 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780141355245 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's UK |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Magical realism, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Witches, wizards and magicians |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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