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224 pages, ebook
First published October 30, 2018
Life has settled down for the kids from The Witch Boy: Aster is happily taking spell-casting classes with his sister and cousins, and Charlie starts off eighth grade ready to play basketball on her healed leg, and use her charm to make friends with the new girl at school, Ariel. But then a shadow attacks Charlie, leaving an injury only magic can remove. Now Aster and Charlie have another mystery to solve: where did that shadow come from, and why would it want to hurt Charlie?This story was great! I liked it even better than the first book, although that was partly because I went into it already knowing who everyone is and how the world works; the familiarity let me enjoy the plot without any distractions. And what a story. I really felt for Ariel and her difficulties, and I got so absorbed in what was happening that I came the closest I ever have to missing getting off at my work train station; I had no idea so much time had passed while I was reading!
“When people treat you like a monster, you start to act like one.”
#1) The Witch Boy ★★★★★
“You try to scare people so you won’t get hurt by them, but I can see right through that. I know that you’re funny, and smart, and good… And I know that you get scared. I know that bad things have happened to you, even if I don’t know what they are.It’s a big, beautiful message in a deceptively small package.
But you can’t keep hurting people… and you can’t expect to own me. You get to choose, right now, if we’re gonna keep being friends. If you’re gonna stop fighting and learn how to control your magic.”