Aven Shore's youthful, melodramatic narration perfectly suits this witchy ANNE OF GREEN GABLES retelling. Nobody wants to adopt Grace from the orphanage, so she runs away to apprentice herself to the witch in the woods nearby. The witch, voiced with an impatient, curmudgeonly tone, would sooner devour Grace than teach her magic. So Grace offers to learn every spell in the witch's grimoire or willingly give up her magic. Shore's tone softens as the two bond throughout the story, and she delivers their banter with comic results. Grace's "crow familiar," Windweaver, who is given a reserved voice, accompanies Grace and her new friends, both human and fairy, as they work to gather spell ingredients both familiar and obscure. A great listen for the whole family. A.K.R. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine
An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables-with magic and witches!-that explores found family, loss, and the power of a girl's imagination, from the acclaimed author of The Language of Ghosts and The School Between Winter and Fairyland. Perfect for readers who loved The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Serafina and the Black Cloak.
""A magical, witchy, and thoroughly successful homage to a classic."" -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Grace has never been good at anything except magic-not that anyone believes her.
While other children are adopted from the orphanage, nobody wants Grace. So she decides to make a home for herself by running away and offering herself as an apprentice to the witch in the nearby woods. After all, who better to teach Grace to use her magic? Surely the witch can't be that bad.
But the witch is that bad-she steals souls for spells and gobbles up hearts. So Grace offers a deal: If she can learn all 100½ spells in the witch's grimoire, the witch will make Grace her apprentice. But if Grace fails, the witch can take her magic. The witch agrees, and soon an unexpected bond develops between them.
But the spells are much harder than Grace expected, and when a monster from the witch's past threatens the home Grace has built, she may have to sacrifice more than her magic to save it.
An inventive and fantastical reimagining of Anne of Green Gables-with magic and witches!-that explores found family, loss, and the power of a girl's imagination, from the acclaimed author of The Language of Ghosts and The School Between Winter and Fairyland. Perfect for readers who loved The Girl Who Drank the Moon and Serafina and the Black Cloak.
""A magical, witchy, and thoroughly successful homage to a classic."" -Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Grace has never been good at anything except magic-not that anyone believes her.
While other children are adopted from the orphanage, nobody wants Grace. So she decides to make a home for herself by running away and offering herself as an apprentice to the witch in the nearby woods. After all, who better to teach Grace to use her magic? Surely the witch can't be that bad.
But the witch is that bad-she steals souls for spells and gobbles up hearts. So Grace offers a deal: If she can learn all 100½ spells in the witch's grimoire, the witch will make Grace her apprentice. But if Grace fails, the witch can take her magic. The witch agrees, and soon an unexpected bond develops between them.
But the spells are much harder than Grace expected, and when a monster from the witch's past threatens the home Grace has built, she may have to sacrifice more than her magic to save it.
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Product Details
BN ID: | 2940175682978 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 02/14/2023 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
Age Range: | 8 - 11 Years |