Morwenna

Morwenna is the protagonist of the book. She is a fifteen-year-old girl living in 1979 England and Wales. She is also a witch capable of seeing and communicating with fairy beings, and of casting magical spells. At the start of the book, Morwenna has run away from her mother (also a witch) and is now living with the father she never knew and attending a preparatory school for rich girls. Grief over her recently dead sister is a constant source of pain for her.

Morwenna is eccentric and precocious, rendering adult opinions on a great many subjects, including religion, sexuality, friendship, and family. She is not content with the usual trappings of a middle-class life, and she is most content with her nose in a book. Her love of science fiction novels consumes most of her time, and she is constantly commenting on the books she is reading.

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