It’s an adorable scene where they find they have so much in common as geeks, even comparing allergies. He is as awkward as she is and they bond immediately. Steinkellner's illustrations, especially the facial expressions, convey a powerful range of emotions and are pulsing with energy, comic and adventurous. The Okay Witch opens on Halloween, when Moth dresses as a witch and bumps into a new boy at school. Complex and rich, but also sweetly funny, The Okay Witch is is delight to read, and a book that you will want to read again and again. Moth has to come to terms with the persecutions of the past and the prejudices of the present, as well as the complicated relationship between her own mother and grandmother as well as her own sense of self gained by the discovery of blossoming magical talents and her mother's refusal to support her in this. The graphic novel The Okay Witch focuses on Moth, allowing the readers insight into Founders Bluff, the history of the witches, and how Moth acclimates to. 3, 2019 It is Halloween when Moth Hush finds out she is descended from a line of witches. 1 by Emma Steinkellner illustrated by Emma Steinkellner RELEASE DATE: Sept. Steinkellner, a graduate of Stanford University's Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies makes connections between the founder of Founder's Bluff, who wants a town of "sober, obedient, lily-white Pilgrims," and descendent factory owners who, in 1895 attempt to lock the workers, girls, inside the burning building so that they can collect the insurance on them. THE OKAY WITCH From the Okay Witch series, Vol. The past catches up with the present and Moth has some decisions to make and battles to fight.
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