The Day Boy and the Night Girl by George Macdonald Fiction Classics Action & Adventure

<p><strong>The hero of the sun-drenched hours he looks godlike with his golden hair aglow in the sun as he hunts the wild beasts of field and wood.</strong> Yet as the light flees at the onset of evening his self-assurance and bravado fade with the light . . . and he finds himself beset by terrors he cannot reign. Then he discovers solace in that terrifying night -- for within the depths of his fears he encounters a strange beautiful creature who offers him comfort -- a girl who is as much a creature of the dark hours as he is of sunlit days. Watching over both their lives is red-haired witch Watho -- who with guilt and malice in her heart first cares for the two youths -- then jealously plots their destruction!</p>