Bea Black has moved to the village of Little Spellshire with her weather scientist father who has come to the village to write a book on the strange and unpredictable microclimate it has.

The village has two schools, the modern academy and ‘the other school’. After making a friend, Ashkan (Ash), who shows her his school, the modern academy, Bea can’t wait to start. Unfortunately, her father forgot to put her name down and now she has to attend ‘The School of Extraordinary Arts’ in which the uniform includes a cape, a broomstick, and a wand. Bea is now nervous about starting a new school, she has no friends there and she is no witch, what is she going to do?

Diary of an Accidental Witch is an entertaining and engaging story featuring the loveable and very sweet Bea Black. She is warm, friendly, and kind. When she ends up at the ‘magic’ school with no magical abilities, well none known, she finds that her lessons are very different from ‘normal’ schools and that she is to study and practice magic.

The story has plenty of hilarious moments as well as very sweet ones too. I adore the relationship between Bea and Ash, plus the weather in Little Spellshire is certainly amusing. I also love how Bea tries to hide everything about her schooling from her father who doesn’t seem to have worked out given the village’s title, the names of the shops, the number of cats roaming around, the strange weather, plus, Bea’s uniform that this town could be magical. 🙂

Written in diary format and featuring amazing artwork throughout this book is one that will keep children intrigued and happy the whole way through.