Jeanne Massey
Autore di The Littlest Witch
Opere di Jeanne Massey
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- Opere
- 1
- Utenti
- 21
- Popolarità
- #570,576
- Voto
- 4.3
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 1
The story of a three-week old witch (I assume that's a reference to how long she's been a witch, rather than how long she's been alive?), who finds herself unable to keep up with the more experienced witches of her coven, on their Halloween-night race to the moon, The Littlest Witch follows its heroine as she discovers her own unique destiny as a "Good Witch." Helping a stray kitten (black, of course!), a sad pumpkin who wants to be a Jack-o-Lantern, and a bullied young trick-or-treater, the Littlest Witch sacrifices her chance at winning the race, but is given a beautiful reward in consequence.
I enjoyed Massey's story, which, although it has "good" and "bad" witches, manages to paint both in a somewhat sympathetic light. It turns out that every coven ends up with a "good witch," a reality they must simply endure, explains the Oldest Witch kindly: "No," said the Oldest Witch firmly, "she belongs to our circle and" (she looked sternly at the other witches) "good or bad we must take her for what she is! I also greatly enjoyed Adrienne Adams illustrations, which had all the usual witchy charm, and then some!… (altro)