modern fantasy young girl doesn't want to be a witch

fiction
read it around 2002
young adult
coming of age
young girl doesnt want to be a witch like her aunt, she has a small friend that no one can see but herself, but he was suppose to leave her years ago and be replaced by a witch's fimilar but since she wouldnt accept her role he cant leave. she has to deal with a bully everyday that is cruel, and learns to accept a boy that likes her that she finds out later is a witch and apart of a witches circle. the boy she had a crush on, is starving to death after his father abandoned him. in the end she comes to terms with her gift saves her crush by turning him into a hawk and setting him free. she starts dating the other wtich, stands up to the bully without using her powers. and finally recieves her fimailar which is a cat. the book ends with her sweeping her families storefront with her cat beside her. she laughs because she is a witch with a broom and her cat.

I found it finally, I have been looking for this book for years and finally found it on my own

What is it? It sounds interesting.

The other ones by Jean Thesman

Thanks. Here's the touchstone: The Other Ones.

Definitely The Other Ones, but I don't think she "saves" her crush -- it was a bit sadder than that.