Ruth Symes thinks the next best thing to being magic is writing stories about magic She lives in Bedfordshire and when she isn’t writing she can be found by the river walking her dog Traffy who is often in the river Find out more on her website www ruthsymes com Marion Lindsay has always loved stories and pictures so it made perfect sense when she decided to become a children’s book illustrator and won the Egmont Best New Talent Award She lives and works in Cambridge and in her spare time paints glass and makes jewelry Find out more at www marionlindsay co uk
Ruth Symes
For Damaris and her Forever Family R S For S and G with much love M L
Chapter 1 I wanted to be a witch from the day I was born Or at least I think I did Of course I can’t remember actually being born I can’t even remember being left on the doorstep of Templeton Children’s Home when I was a 1
