There was a book that I always took out of my elementary school library between 1975 and 1978. Although I do not have the title, what I recall is as follows:
The book is about witches and fairies. The little witch in the story never felt right with the other witches, they were mean. I think she used to see the fairies and wish she was one of them. The middle gets fuzzy but towards the end she discovers that when she was a baby she was caught in the witches web and that’s how she came to be with them. But she was really a fairy and was returned to them.
I know this is not much but at 47 years old I cannot put this story out of my mind. I have always been an avid reader and hope to find this book. It will haunt me otherwise.
Weeny Witch (1968), I’m guessing. See Solved Mysteries:
http://loganberrybooks.com/solved-w.html
I have been looking for the same book. I hope this is it. I got it in about 1975. I remember the fairies saving her.
Thank you Lenona you solved the mystery for me! I cannot express how excited and emotional it made me to find out the name. Now I just have to locate a copy that won’t break the bank!! 🙂
This was my childhood favorite book! I’ve been searching for the title for years! Thank you so much for this blog.
The plot is similar to one of my favorites, originally published in1953, republished in 1990. “Little Witch” by Anna Elizabeth
Bennett. Minx is a nine year old girl being raised by a witch, but she’s
unhappy about being ” the witches child”. Eventually she discovers that her real mother is a fairy put under a spell by the witch.
Is this the book where the little girl sees a mysterious and beautiful woman in her mirror that turns out to be her real mother?
Yes.
This was my favorite book too and I also had it checked out from the library constantly
I can’t find it? Who was the author?