About the book: 2002 / English writer Nina Bowden is a true classic, only modern. She is distinguished by true talent and a surprisingly honest attitude towards children and their concerns. No cooing, no exaltation, not an ounce of moralizing or edification. But behind this severity of style there is not feigned, but genuine love for children, sincere sympathy for their troubles and adversities, a deep understanding of their problems. In the works of Nina Bowden - "In the Dark", "The Real Plato Jones", "The Magic Word", "Henry's Foundling", "Johnny", "Carrie's War", "The Reluctant Thieves", "The Witch's Daughter" - children find themselves in a new, an unusual environment for them, in which they have to behave decisively and “like an adult,” since a lot depends on it - often life itself. Reality in her stories appears as it is, and not as a sugary gingerbread house “molded” especially for children. Each book by this wonderful writer is a small masterpiece that can be read in one breath from the first to the last page. The story “The Witch’s Daughter” is published in a magazine version with the permission of the Swallowtail publishing house».