[Spookybrook Witch Academy 01] • Spookybrook Witch Academy · Year One

New Expanded Edition As I walked onto campus for the first time, looking up at the tall building looming above me I thought, this wasn't a campus; this was a castle.

And why had my father shipped me off here anyway? He'd mumbled something about traveling a lot, boarding school, the importance of education... blah blah blah...

It all sounded the same to me - like excuses! He'd been pawning me off to one place or another for 4 years now.

This was what he always did when he didn't want to deal with me anymore. Ever since my mom died when I was 11, my relationship with my father had been strained. In fact, sometimes it seemed as if he didn't want to be around me at all.

These days, the feeling was mutual.

There was a time when I cared, but I was over it. Who wants to waste their life away worrying about someone who doesn't even care about them?

Not this girl. I had far more important things to do. Like for now, figuring out where the cute boys were in this creepy mansion.

"Vivian?"

A voice from behind startled me out of my daydreams. I spun around and locked eyes with a friendly blond with big, blue eyes. Immediately,her outstretched hand reached for mine.

"I'm Kari, a Year Three at Spookybrook Witch Academy. I'll be here to show you around campus and to your room. If there's anything you want to know, don't hesitate to ask!"

Wait... "witch academy"?

This is the first book in the Spookybrook Witch Academy series, a spinoff of the Witches of Spookybrook series.