When my friend was clearing out an old storeroom at her workplace, she found a huge number of books tucked away out of sight. Rather than see them thrown out, I kindly offered to adopt them all for BookCrossing.

When I was a wee child, I felt exactly the same about Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches as the younger generations feel about Hogwarts. I so wanted to go there. Of course, I wouldn't be quite so bad as Mildred, and not as stuck up as Esthel, but I would have been cool.

The adventures in the first book are pretty tame - Mildred turns Ethel into a Pig and can't turn her back, a potion goes wrong and she turns invisible, and the school flight display goes horribly wrong. But Mildred is the only one who can save the day when she discovers some evil witches conspiring to break into the school.

Yes, re-reading this as an adult isn't the same (and drew a few odd looks across the canteen!), but it will forever be a favourite because of what the series used to mean to me.

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Thank you for taking the time to visit this site and letting us know what this book has been up to since it was released into the wild. I hope you enjoy reading it, but even if it isn’t your type of thing, then I’m sure there will be someone out there who will love it. This book is now yours, so feel free to keep it. However, I would be grateful if you could leave all the stickers in place and pass it on again once you’ve finished with it – you could give it to a friend, donate it to a charity shop or just leave it lying around somewhere to be picked up again by a total stranger. If you would like to get regular updates on what the book is doing in the future, then why not join Bookcrossing too…it’s fun, friendly and free.

Thanks again and happy reading!