#88 in Middle grade
Witch Week
- 272
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Witch Week” is a sharp, inventive school story from Diana Wynne Jones, the third Chrestomanci book to be published. Some readers delight in its characters, Nirupam Singh above all, and in a magical world built with real ingenuity. Others find the boarding school bleak and object to what they see as fat-shaming jokes and casual racism. Middle-grade readers who enjoy clever world-building will get the most from it.
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About the book
Witch Week is a children's fantasy novel and school story by the British writer Diana Wynne Jones, published by Macmillan Children's Books in 1982. It was the third published of seven Chrestomanci books.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 68 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 32% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Middle grade average of 8.0. That is how 7.9 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.3 | 6 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 62 | 91% |
Frequently asked
What age is Witch Week for?
Witch Week sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 272 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Middle grade.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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