Clever and original children's fantasy.This story of a reluctant witch in a land where Magic works and a Non from the neighboring land where Science works, as they work out their destinies, is not sappy or sentimental or trite. It is clever and matter-of-fact with moments of sheer terror, and a demon-goblin named Ordure. I loved it 20 years ago when I read it, and I still love it now. ( )