"I shall be a good witch," said Selina to her older sister.
"There's no such thing," said Muffet.
"There will be when I am one," said Selina.
So begins an extraordinary and evocative tale of life on the Scottish Border. Filled with no-nonsense sentiment, Mr. McFadden's Hallowe'en concerns an inheritance, a small pony called Haggis, a cantankerous but kindly old man, and an abandoned boy. Rumer Godden writes of a Hallowe'en that will be remembered as vividly by Selina and Muffet as by young readers everywhere.
Once again Rumer Godden has brought her art and genuine simplicity of style to an exhilarating and memorable story.
Jacket illustration by Richard Cuffari
—from the dust jacket
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