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Title: The Active-Enzyme, Lemon-Freshened Junior High School Witch by Edmund Wallace. Hildick ISBN: 0-385-02981-0 Publisher: Random House Childrens Pub Pub. Date: 01 March, 1973 Format: Library Binding List Price(USD): $8.18

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Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: An afternoon's amusement.
Comment: In today's ambience of eclectic magickal practices and "traditions" made up out of whole cloth, this book provides a unique commentary. It's clear that Allison's book is Paul Huson's "Mastering Witchcraft". It's witty, well-written and insightful. Ought to be brought back in print, but probably won't be since it's not as removed from reality as Harry Potter, Eleanor Estes' "Witch Family", etc.

Rating: 5
Summary: For all religions!
Comment: I borrowed this book from my sister one summer vacation and never gave it back. I have to say it's right up there with Watership Down, Island of the Blue Dolphins, Wrinkle in Time and The Great Brain (another underappreciated book) for pure enjoyment for kids and adults alike. I didn't become a witch but truly related to Allison's quest to assuage her summer confinement and her passion for ceremony and mystery. The author's style is wittier and more sophisticated than most preteen stories and I appreciate the humor to this day. I hope people can get past the "witch" and enjoy this story for what it is, a charming, hilarious account of the mishaps and "miracles" of this imaginative and exasperating girl.

Rating: 5
Summary: An all-time favorite
Comment: Like another reviewer, I, too, first stumbled upon this book in a library. I didn't "forget to return" it, but I did borrow it probably 100 times or more. As an adult, it took me years to remember enough of the name to find it again. But you know, I think I even enjoyed and appreciated the story's combination of subtleties and slapstick more as a 29-year-old that I had as a 9-year-old! The book is a wonderful example of a pre-teen who knows it all, and knows that she knows it all. Allison's trials and secret triumphs in a world ruled by uncomprehending adults is one of the truest stories I've seen. It made a lasting impression on me, as I think it must on any young girl, because I could identify so closely with Allison's self-confidence, her cutting sense of humor, and her unbending belief that she, and only she, really understood the way the world worked. Regardless of one's religious preferences, this is a fantastic book for any kid. It encourages exploration and imagination, and the only permanent damage it did to me is that I can no longer look at a tube of toothpaste and a comb without laughing so hard that I cry (read the book, you'll get it).