WITCH'S DAUGHTER

by Nina Bawden

Book Overview

On the Scottish island of Skua, a friendship develops between lonely and mysterious Perdita and a blind girl and her brother as the threesome look for rare orchids, explore the island caves, and meet... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 0397309236
• ISBN13: 9780397309238
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: J.B. Lippincott & Co
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I've loved this book for forty years.

I was about ten when I first read this book. The mysterious witch girl, the slightly spoiled blind girl, the down-to-earth boy, all feel like old friends. Is it an adventure story? A crime mystery? A prose poem? A story about overcoming the difficulties of blindness, of social ostracization? It's all of those, and a story that will blow through you like the wind off the sea for a lifetime.

One of Bawden's best!

This was one of Nina Bawden's best books. Although I note above that the reading level is 9-12, I read it as a young adult and was tremendously touched by Perdita. Now, many years later, I can almost recall the "seeing through walls" chant.

A book for anyone that likes adventure.

I really enjoyed the book. It was excellent. Nina put alot of effort into it. It had lots of adventure.