Poor Little Witch Girl

Poor Little Witch Girl

By Marie Desplechin

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Grades 4 - 8Grade 5n/a4.924017

At age eleven, Verbena hasn't shown a single sign of talent for witchcraft. And worse than that--she wants to be normal. In fact, she even dreams of settling down someday and getting married! But with a mother who tells you that a) you're a witch and b) a husband won't be much use to you--how can anything feel normal? But there is hope in the form of a loving grandmother―also a witch―who takes Verbena under her wing and shows her that casting spells and causing supernatural things to take place―is not so bad after all. Told in alternating points of view, Poor Little Witch Girl is the funny, tender story of a mom who knows exactly what she wants her daughter to be, and a daughter who just wants to be herself. In the end, maybe the two aren't so different after all?

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books
ISBN-13: 9781599901282
ISBN-10: 1599901285
Published on 8/21/2007
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 144

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i have never read this book ha ha

I read this book because I liked what the back said and I liked the cover design. It was a really good book and had all of the character's perspectives except for one. It is about a girl who has to grow up to be a witch because its in her blood, but doesn't want to be a witch if all it means is poisoning the neighbor's dog. Eventually she will get her powers, but will she turn sour like her mom when she gets them? If you want to read this book I can lend it to my grade at my school.