cover image The Bewitching of Alison Allbright

The Bewitching of Alison Allbright

Alan Davidson. Puffin Books, $3.95 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-14-032520-1

A girl gets a longed-for fairy godmother in the person of a rich, sophisticated older woman seeking a replacement for her dead daughter; in PW 's words, ``The strange story of Alison's transformation will linger long in the reader's mind.'' Ages 10-14. (Aug.)