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Time TravelWitch Fiction

The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring

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  • 1976 first published
  • 188 pages
  • 17 editions
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The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring is a 1976 time-travel fiction and witch fiction novel by John Bellairs. The story is set in Boy Scout camp. It features Rose Rita Pottinger, Lewis Barnavelt and Mrs. Zimmerman. It deals with witchcraft, Lewis Barnavelt, witches and time travel.

16 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 17 editions across 6 languages.

At about 188 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.

About The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring

Rose Rita Pottinger is dreading summer. With her best friend, Lewis Barnavelt, away at Boy Scout camp, vacation threatens to be altogether boring. But when Mrs. Zimmermann, Lewis's next door neighbor and a genuine witch, receives a strange deathbed letter from an eccentric uncle, unexpected things start to happen. Rose Rita and Mrs. Zimmermann set off on a trip to discover the meaning of the letter. A ransacked farmhouse, a missing ring, shadowy figures appearing in the night, and mysterious magic symbols are just the beginning as they are gradually drawn into a terrifying world of occult mysteries, where Mrs. Zimmermann's failing powers can't help them.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Boy Scout camp

Characters

  • Rose Rita Pottinger
  • Lewis Barnavelt
  • Mrs. Zimmerman

Subjects

  • Witchcraft
  • Children's stories
  • Lewis Barnavelt
  • Children's fiction
  • Witches
  • Pottinger, rose rita
  • Time travel
  • Michigan
  • Mystery and detective stories

Quick answers

Who wrote The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring?

The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring was written by John Bellairs and first published in 1976.

What genre is The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Witch Fiction.

How long is The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring?

The median edition has 188 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Book of Life, Dance of the Gods and Valley of Silence.

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