Horwitz, Sarah Jean. Dark Lord Clementine, The. Workman Publishing. Fantasy. Gr 5+. 336 pages.

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Clementine, future Dark Lord, gets a taste for what her life will be like when she discovers her father has been incapacitated by a curse and she has to take care of the castle. As future Dark Lord, Clementine has been trained to detest witches, yet she ends up taking one into her company to help her run the castle and the grounds. Darka has her own reason for wanting to help Clementine, though, and may live up to the reputation of the other witches. When Clementine can find no cure for her father's curse, she does something her father has forbidden her to do: seek out the Whittle Witch. It's during this search that Clementine discovers who she truly is and what she's willing to sacrifice.