![]() Steinkellner's illustrations, especially the facial expressions, convey a powerful range of emotions and are pulsing with energy, comic and adventurous. 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. ![]() The art is fresh and colorful and the story is familiar enough to know where it will probably go but unique in the details to keep a young reader interested. 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 Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner The Okay Witch is a charming coming of age story, but with the unexpected complications of magical abilities. 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. ![]() ![]() Product Details Price 12.99 12.08 Publisher Aladdin Paperbacks Publish Date SeptemPages 272 Dimensions 5.3 X 8.2 X 0.6 inches 0. The past catches up with the present and Moth has some decisions to make and battles to fight. In this spellbinding graphic novel debut, Emma Steinkellner spins a story packed with humor and heart about the weird and wonderful adventures of a witch-in-progress. ![]()
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