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Gr 5-8 While this novel tries to be a story of seeing people for who they really are, it is hokey and pat. Within the first few chapters, readers meet Old Maud, a fear-inducing "witch" who lives as a hermit. The townspeople are afraid of her and no one really knows where she comes from. Young Johnny Lightfoot, however, falls into a mineshaft one day and she finds him. When he seeks Old Maud's help to save his mauled dog, a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Thirteen-year-old Johnny Lightfoot and everyone else in his 1940s Nova Scotia mining town believe creepy Old Maude is a witch. But aft...Log In or Sign Up to Read More