The Whitby Child
core novel 1994 The Whitby Witches
Record
| First published | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.12 (469 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780750015813 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Ben, Jennet and their white witch guardian must once more protect the seaside town of Whitby from evil forces. Another gruesome creature rises from the harbour and brings havoc to the townspeople, and the trio have to find out what it wants and how it can be stopped. The third book of the trilogy returns to the dark Yorkshire setting of the earlier novels, with the fisher folk and the town's old magic again at stake.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Whitby Witches
- Series: The Whitby Witches core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Robin Jarvis
Notes
- From the series record (The Whitby Witches): Orphans Ben and Jennet live with the witch Alice Boston in Whitby and defend the town against supernatural threats.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Whitby Witches: position 3 of 3: previous A Warlock in Whitby (1992)
- Internal chronology, within The Whitby Witches: position 5 of 7: previous The Devil's Paintbox (2017) · next Time of Blood (2017)
Sources
← The Whitby Witches dossier · All universes
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