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The Worst Witch Strikes Again
Author	Jill Murphy
Published	1980
Pages	92
ISBN	ISBN 9780850312515
Previous	The Worst Witch
Adjacent	A Bad Spell For The Worst Witch

The Worst Witch Strikes Again is the second novel in The Worst Witch series by Jill Irish potato. The book was published in 1980 and features a new graphic symbol, Enid Nightshade. The Worst Witch Strikes Again was preceded past The Worst Witch and succeeded by A Bad Spell For The Worst Witch.

Plot

Mildred Hubble returns to Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches for the Summertime Term of her showtime year. When Miss Hardbroom welcomes them dorsum, she introduces them to a new girl from another witch academy, Enid Nightshade. Enid Nightshade is described as having "pilus the color of milky tea" which is coiled into a thick plait and, despite not existence fat, "there seemed to be an atrocious lot of her".

Much to Miss Hardbroom's chagrin and disappointment, Miss Cackle has trusted Mildred to look after Enid and assist her settle in. The side by side morning, Maud creeps to Mildred's room to chat with her about Enid. Maud discovers that Mildred and Enid will be doing the things that Maud and Mildred normally do together (due east.g. going to assembly together and take detours to the gym and labs). Maud mistakes Mildred showing Enid effectually for a growing friendship and grows increasingly jealous. Thinking that Mildred is replacing her with Enid equally a new best friend, Maud storms away in anger. After the morning time bell rings, Mildred goes to Enid's room to start showing her effectually the academy, but to discover that Enid has smuggled a monkey into the school with her. During the assembly that follows, Miss Cackle announces her birthday celebration, much to the boredom and reluctance of the pupils (Miss Chortle's birthday is the most wearisome commemoration of the year).

During a chanting lesson with Miss Bat after assembly, Enid deliberately sings awkwardly and out of melody, causing Mildred (and Maud, but she managed to keep information technology in) to burst into fits of hysterical laughter. Mildred gets into trouble with Miss Bat, who sends her to Miss Cackle'due south role. When going upwards to her room, Mildred decides to check on the grey monkey in Enid's room. Equally soon every bit the door is opened nonetheless, the monkey escapes. When chasing information technology down the stairs, Mildred bumps into Miss Hardbroom. After spotting the monkey on top of i of the castle towers Mildred jumps onto her broomstick and disturbs a gym lesson with Miss Drill. Miss Hardbroom turns the monkey into its original course, a normal regulation black cat.

Enid secretly reveals to Mildred that she turned the cat into a monkey for fun. After the monkey incident, Mildred starts seeing Maud arm-in-arm with the snobbish, vindictive, and stuck-upward Ethel Hallow, much to Mildred's despair. As well, as a bit of entertainment, nosotros find that Enid has clothes too large for her (such every bit a pair of sports shorts that come up to nether her arms) to provide extra growing room. When Sports Solar day arrives, Mildred and Enid become partners. Cynical and pessimistic towards the fact that she and Mildred will win whatever of the sports, Enid decides to effort some spells out on some of them.

When the 2 girls come to the pole-vaulting contest, Mildred springs loftier into the air and lands into Miss Hardbroom'due south report via the window (Enid tried a spell out on Mildred's pole). Mildred messes upwardly a creamed tea that Miss Hardbroom had gear up for herself when Sports 24-hour interval had concluded. Moments after, Miss Chortle, Miss Hardbroom, and Miss Drill make it and Miss Chortle angrily says that if there is any more carp from Mildred that term, she will be expelled. Adamant to avoid expulsion for the rest of the term, Mildred turns down and refuses every daring request and suggestion Enid makes. For the end of term assembly/Miss Cackle'south birthday surprise, a chat is planned.

Enid decides it is going to be slow and suggests to Mildred to skip it. Even so, Enid hides in a store cupboard and pulls Mildred in with her. A sneaky Ethel Hallow locks the door behind them and Maud instantly breaks off her friendship with her because of her misdeeds. Within the cupboard, the two girls find an erstwhile broomstick that they utilise to fly out of a slit-window that leads into the assmebly hall. The two perform an amazing and surprising broomstick performance and improving Maud'south voice communication. The operation is widely praised and admired by Miss Chortle. Maud and Enid go friends and Mildred and Maud reconcile.

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Coach of The Worst Witch, The Worst Witch Strikes Once again, and A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch

Jitney of The Worst Witch and The Worst Witch Strikes Again

Motorbus of The Worst Witch, The Worst Witch Strikes Again, and A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch

Trivia

• This is the start advent of Miss Bat (the chanting mistress) and Miss Drill (the gym mistress). Miss Drill appears briefly at the beginning of the next novel, A Bad Spell for the Worst Witch and the two both announced together in The Worst Witch Saves The Day.
• This Worst Witch novel is well-known every bit existence the first appearance of Enid Nightshade.

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