rupert campbell is fascinated by the witches who live nearby he dreams of broomstick tours and souvenir potions but the closest he can get to a witchy experience is sitting in class with his awful teacher mrs frabbleknacker who smells like bellybutton lint and forbids ruperts classmates from talking to each other before during and after class so when he sees an ad to become a witchs apprentice rupert simply cant resist applying but witchling two isnt exactly what rupert expected with a hankering for lollipops and the magical aptitude of a toad she needs all the help she can get to pass her exams and become a fullfledged witch shes determined to help rupert stand up to dreadful mrs frabbleknacker too but the witchlings magic will be as useful as a clump of seaweed unless rupert can figure out a way to help her improve her spellcastingand fast