I certainly think kids who have read Harry Potter, and are accustomed to a lot of action in their fantasy books would probably not be as thrilled by this one. It's hard to say, in a post-Harry Potter world, whether this book would have been considered especially creative when it was published, or not. This book has many, many parallels to the Harry Potter series, to the point that if it was published today, we might label it a copycat. While out in the forest, however, she stumbles upon a secret threat to Miss Cackle's Academy and must decide what to do with that secret information. After realizing that this third accident was actually orchestrated by her rival, Ethel, Mildred decides to run away.
Throughout the book, Mildred has a variety of mishaps, including turning a classmate into a pig, accidentally creating an invisibility potion, and ruining the class's broomstick formation performance. She couldn't walk from one end of a corridor to the other without someone yelling at her, and nearly every night she was writing lines or being kept in (not that there was anywhere to go if you were allowed out.) You could rely on Mildred to have her hat on back-to-front or her bootlaces trailing along the floor. Nothing she does ever seems to turn out right: The main character is Mildred Hubbell, and she is the worst student at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches. The show pointed out that this book was unique because it put a fantastical twist on the typical school story. I first learned of it from the BBC television mini-series called Picture Book, which spotlighted various children's books that have built the foundation for present-day children's literature. The Worst Witch is a children's chapter book originally published in the UK in 1974.
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