What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Another book I can only remember a few small details about! I believe the main character is a middle school aged girl who enters some kind of dimension where witches make up the main population? The girl may be a witch herself and/or have family members who are witches. One of the witches owned a restaurant or a pub named The Cat and the Fiddle, with an image of a cat playing a fiddle on the sign out front. I think there must have been black and white illustrations at the start of each chapter, because I have a very clear image of the cat in my head! I also think the owner of the restaurant may have been related to the main character somehow, but I could be wrong.

One detail that really stands out to me from this book is that the male witches got offended if you called them wizards. Apparently witch was a gender-neutral term in this universe, and it could be used for both men and women.

I think I remember one of the front pages having a map of the "witch dimension" for reference.

I mentioned this book to my sister the other day, and she thinks she remembers it too. She thinks there was a cat involved in the plot somehow? My sister is also a bit picky about reading books with weird-looking covers, so I think the cover of this one must have looked relatively... normal, for lack of a better word. Like, no dark, twisted, or cartoonishly distorted images. My sister does NOT subscribe to "Don't judge a book by its cover." ;)

I doubt I would have read this book any later than 2005. I think I read Diane Duane's So You Want to Be a Wizard around the same time, but I'm pretty sure that isn't it.

I appreciate any and all guesses! :)

The Everyday Witch or The Witches Of Friar's Lantern by Sandra Forrester?

Ooh, those look really familiar, actually! I'll see if I can get ahold of a copy of the first one through the library. Thanks so much!

You're welcome. Good luck. The Witches of Friar's Lantern definitely has a restaurant named The Cat and the Fiddle with a sign like you described. If it helps there is a preview available in Google books:

https://books.google.com/books?id=gXH...

https://books.google.com/books?id=FGp...

Oh my goodness, I think you're right! There's even a map in the beginning like I remembered! I'm not sure if I ever read The Everyday Witch, but I'm positive The Witches of Friar's Lantern is correct. Thank you, you're the best! :)

You're welcome.