SOLVED. Fantasy? A boy becomes an apprentice to an old man who is a creature handler? [s]

[KJ]

A book about a young boy who get a job to be an apprentice to an old man who’s basically a creature handler and he watches over a witch in grave behind his house? The boy also becomes best friends with a girl who turns out to be a witch because she had pointy shoes. I read it last year and remember it had several sequels.

[Lou]

Revenge of the Witch/The Spook's Apprentice

[KJ]

YES thank you so much! It’s been driving me crazy