The Whitby Witches
core novel 1991 The Whitby Witches
Record
| First published | 1991 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.89 (1,846 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780750005821 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Orphaned siblings Ben, aged eight, and Jennet are sent to the seaside town of Whitby to live with Miss Alice Boston, an eccentric former lecturer. Ben can see the spirits of the dead, including their parents, a gift that has unsettled earlier foster families and made Jennet wary of him. In Whitby he befriends the Fisher Folk, a reclusive tribe of dwarf-like beings under a curse that kills mothers and newborns in childbirth. Meanwhile a newcomer, Mrs Rowena Cooper, wins the trust of the town's elderly women, and Miss Boston and her friend Mrs Joyster begin to suspect her. Strange events, a huge black dog and a threatened nun draw the children into the danger.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Whitby Witches
- Series: The Whitby Witches core; position 1 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 1 of 3: next A Warlock in Whitby (1992)
- Internal chronology, within The Whitby Witches: position 1 of 7: next The Power of Dark (2016)
Sources
- Robin Jarvis, Wikipedia
- Schweitzer Online (Hodder Wayland hardback, 18 April 1991)
- The Whitby Witches, Wikipedia
- Rising Shadow
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