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Witch week by diana wynne jones6/22/2023 ![]() As magical events become more and more common, it looks inevitable that the Inquisitors will be called into the school, something that no one wants. And to make things somewhat more complicated, no one is quite sure how you know if you are a witch, or what one could do about it (other than being burned, of course). But as it happens, Larwood House does have some pretty obnoxious students. ![]() Of course, no one would ever admit to such a thing, and only the most obnoxious person would accuse another of being a witch. And it appears that class 6B has at least one student who is witch him- or herself. Larwood House is a boarding school for problem children, particularly witch orphans - children who have lost at least one of their parents in a witch burning. The story is set in an England much like our own, with the one difference that witches are real, and they are still hunted and burned at the stake. ![]() It also works perfectly well as a stand-alone novel, and is not a bad introduction to Diana Wynne Jones' works. It is technically a Chrestomanci story, although it is centered in a world much like our own, and Chrestomanci only shows up towards the end to sort out the magic bits. Witch Week is a children's fantasy novel by Diana Wynne Jones. ![]()
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