Request #392 From Sascha

I remember reading this book around 2005, but I think it was old even when I read it. I remember it looking like an old book. YA. It was about a young girl (I think tweens?) Who went with her mom and either one or two brothers to visit some old relative. Her slightly older female cousin was also visiting. It was either the first timenthey were meeting or it had been a long time since they had seen each other. The cousin claimed to be a witch and was going to let the other kids become witches if they could prove themselves. I think most of the book was about the tests. The ones I remember most were “wear all black” because the kids had to go around and find random items of black clothing that didn’t go together. And one day was that they couldn’t touch metal- so one ended up eating dinner with a Barbie Doll Fork. The cousin got annoyed on some days because the other kids finished the test in a way she didn’t want. They were creative but not witches? The kids all thought the house they were in was haunted, but it turns out it was just the cousin doing weird stuff because she wanted everyone to think she was cool? I think she wasn’t actually a witch. I remember being disappointed that there was no real magic.