This is a work of fiction.
Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 1976 by Ruth Chew
Jacket art copyright © 2014 by David Hohn

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Originally published in the United States by Scholastic, Inc., New York, in 1976.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Chew, Ruth, author, illustrator.
The would-be witch / by Ruth Chew; with illustrations by the author. — First Random House edition.
p. cm.
“A Stepping Stone book.”
Summary: When a small white cat follows them home from Zelda’s antique store, Robin and Andy find themselves in the middle of an adventure involving magic polish that brings anything it touches to life, and a coven of would-be witches. ISBN 978-0-449-81567-0 (trade) — ISBN 978-0-449-81570-0 (tr. pbk.) —
ISBN 978-0-449-81569-4 (ebook)
1. Witches—Juvenile fiction. 2. Magic—Juvenile fiction. 3. Brothers and sisters—Juvenile fiction. [1. Witches—Fiction. 2. Magic—Fiction.
3. Brothers and sisters—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.C429Wo 2014 813.54—dc23 2013035053

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