Witches
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Beyond the Burning Time When, in the winter of 1691, accusations of witchcraft surface in her small New England village, twelve-year-old Mary Chase fights to save her mother from execution. awards: subjects: Trials (Witchcraft), Witchcraft, Salem (Mass.) |
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A Chalice of Wind Separated since birth, seventeen-year-old twins Thais and Clio unexpectedly meet in New Orleans where they seem to be pursued by a coven of witches who want to harness the twins' magickal powers for its own ends. Sequels: A Circle of Ashes, A Feather of Stone, A Necklace of Water. awards: ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2006 subjects: Witchcraft, Twins, Sisters, Immortality, New Orleans (La.) |
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Hex Education When fourteen-year-old Sophie Stone moves from Los Angeles to her parents' dreary hometown of Mythic, Massachusetts, she discovers that she, like many of the town's earlier inhabitants, is a witch, and that she and her coven must identify the evil-doer in their midst before serious damage is done. subjects: Witches, Magic, High Schools, Massachusetts |
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Jinx Sixteen-year-old Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, must leave Iowa to live with relatives in Manhattan after the first spell she casts goes awry, but she will have to improve her skills to stop her cousin from practicing black magic that endangers them and the boy they both like. subjects: Witchcraft, Cousins, High Schools, Wealth, New York (N.Y.) |
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Magic or Madness From the Sydney, Australia home of a grandmother she believes is a witch, fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino is magically transported to New York City, where she discovers that friends and foes can be hard to distinguish. Sequel: Magic Lessons, Magic's Child. awards: SLJ Best Books for Children 2005, ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2006 subjects: Magic, Space and Time, Grandmothers, Mental Illness, New York (N.Y.), Sydney (N.S.W.), Australia |
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The Minister's Daughter In 1645 in England, the daughters of the town minister successfully accuse a local healer and her granddaughter of witchcraft to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but years later during the 1692 Salem trials their lie has unexpected repercussions. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2006 subjects:Witchcraft, Trials (Witchcraft), Supernatural, Fairies, Pregnancy, Sisters |
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The Other Ones High school sophomore Bridget Raynes has to decide whether or not to accept her powers of witchcraft, or abandon them and try to fit in as an ordinary teenager. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults: 2000 subjects: Witchcraft, Friendship, Bullies, Aunts, High Schools |
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Raven's Gate Sent to live in a foster home in a remote Yorkshire village, Matt, a troubled fourteen-year-old English boy, uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle. Sequels: Evil Star, Nightrise. awards: ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2006 subjects: witches, Stone Circles, Supernatural, Foster Home Care, Identity, Yorkshire (England), England |
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Rhymes With Witches High school freshman Jane believes that she would do anything to be popular until she is selected to be in the school's most exclusive clique and learns that popularity has a price. subjects: Popularity, Cliques (Sociology), Witchcraft, Conduct of Life, Interpersonal Relations, High Schools |
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Witch Child In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts. Sequel: Sorceress. awards: ALA Best Books for Young Adults 2002, ALA Popular Paperbacks 2003 subjects: Massachussets-History-Colonial Period ca. 1600-1775, Witches, Puritans, Frontier and Pioneer Life, Voyages and Travels, Diaries |
List updated September 2007— Patti Cook
