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Poor little witch girl by Marie Desplechin
From School Library Journal
Grade 4-6–Verbena’s mother is disturbed that her daughter hasn’t shown any sign of manifesting her witch powers, so she is pleased when Grandma offers the 11-year-old weekly magic lessons. Grandma disapproves of Mom’s parenting techniques and is sure that she can help her granddaughter reach her potential. Verbena, for her part, just wants a normal, everyday life. Then Soufi, the cutest boy in school, winds up in the middle of one of Grandma’s spells, and Verbena is afraid that her social life is doomed. A different character narrates each section of the book. Mom focuses on the hassles of single witch-parenting; Grandma emphasizes family tradition; Verbena sees events through her desire for independence; and Soufi gives an outsider’s perspective. The changing viewpoint gives insight into the characters, but often makes the action difficult to follow. Young readers may also be troubled by Mom’s unflattering references to Verbena as dumb and a batty birdbrain. Diane Duane’s Young Wizards series (Harcourt) is a more cohesive, better-written chronicle of fledgling magic-users and their trials.–Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
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7 novembre 2010 à 22:14
I like this book so much it has so much to it i really like when the boy goes to the basement and thought he was going to cdie so he better take his last breath … but he survived