And of course, she makes a new friends in Thomas, the talking black cat, with whom she conspires to get her way! It reminded me a bit of a DWJ short story, What the Cat Told Me.
She does not know it, but is the daughter of a witch, and purposes talents of her own, coupled with her intelligence and arrogance, she eventually gets people around her to do what she wants and these two are no exception. They don't know what they've let themselves into when they take Earwig home with them. Turns out the woman is a witch in need of an assistant/slave and the man a mandrake, a rather grumpy but well-mannered demon. She doesn't want to leave, but a strange couple come one day and pick her to everyone's surprise. It's the last book she wrote entirely herself.Anyway, the story is about a little girl, Earwing who lives happily in an Orphanage, with good friends and people who do what she wants. I know it is a young children's book, but I could see the potential story that DWJ could have expanded it into. I might have given it more stars if it had been a little longer and in more depth. DIANA WYNNE JONES was born in August 1934 in London, where she had a chaotic and unsettled childhood against the background of World War II. Read millions of eBooks and audiobooks on the web, iPad, iPhone and Android. I could have finished it in an hour, but spread it out over a few days mixing it up with the other book I started. Read EARWIG AND THE WITCH by Diana Wynne Jones with a free trial.
Using her own cleverness-with a lot of help from a talking cat-she decides to show the witch who's boss.This was a really good read. Most children would run in terror from a house like that. Earwig is whisked off to their mysterious house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner. But all that changes the day Bella Yaga and the Mandrake come to St. She gets whatever she wants, whenever she wants it, and it's been that way since she was dropped on the orphanage doorstep as a baby. Morwald's Home for Children, but Earwig does. Not every orphan would love living at St. When she finds herself in a house of dark magic, she does whatever she can to adapt-especially if it means that she'll learn a little magic herself! A young middle grade novel by World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement‒winner Diana Wynne Jones, beautifully illustrated in black and white by Caldecott Medalist Paul O. In this enchanting introduction to Diana Wynne Jones's magical and funny work, Earwig is a fearless young orphan. "I would like to declare Diana Wynne Jones an international treasure," proclaimed Neil Gaiman, Newbery Medalist and best-selling author.
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