Newcomers to Beatrice Bailey's exploits as well as girls and boys who loved her first escapade, The Everyday Witch, will delight in Sandra Forrester's brand new novel. Beatrice is a twelve-year-old witch whose talent for magic-making sometimes falters. In this story, the Witches' Executive Committee continues its test to learn whether Beatrice is worthy to become a "Classical Witch", capable of working important magic. She and her friends must now spend time in Friar's Lantern, a village surrounded by eerie swamps and located uncomfortably close to the menacing neighboring town of Werewolf Close. This spooky adventure introduces Beatrice and her friends to a crazy old man witch named Yorick . . . to a weird group of magical cats . . . to spooky ghosts who haunt the swamps . . . and to the toad-like water leaper whose generous spirit belies his grotesque appearance. Here's a story that kids simply won't want to put down!