Terry Pratchett's Equal Rites
Halloween may be over, but I still wanted to read about witches, and few literary witches are as good as Pratchett's. Do you know, I have actually never read this one! It centers on a little girl who, as a newborn, is given a wizard's powers (and staff) (he thinks she is the eighth son of an eighth son), and so local witch Granny Weatherwax has to deal with this girl and her magic. But it's wizard magic, so she has to go to wizard school, and what will they even let her learn?? This was a lot of fun, though the end left a little to be desired for me (I think this is like the third Discworld book, so he was obviously still fine-tuning). Still, hilarious and awesome for sure. A-/B+.
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