The Witch's Daughter

By Nina Bawden

Book Overview

On the Scottish island of Skua, friendship develops between the lonely and mysterious Perdita and a blind girl, Janey. Both possess a kind of second sight - Janey's is the ability to hear, feel and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014030407X
• ISBN13: 9780671295592
• Release Date: January 1973
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 159 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 0.4" x 5.2"

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.