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Starred Review on October 1, 2017 | Middle School
Gr 4–7—Aster belongs to a magical family, but he is having problems with one of the most basic rules: shapeshifting is for boys, while witchcraft is for girls. Aster is fascinated by the spells that the girls are learning, so he spies on their lessons whenever he can. When several boys disappear during shapeshifting practice, Aster realizes that he can help save them using witc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2017
Boys are shapeshifters and girls are witches--or so everyone keeps telling Aster, who has been studying spells in secret while pressure builds for him to conform to the norms of his magical community. According to legend, the last time a man bucked tradition and used witchcraft, it backfired, and the culprit--Aster's great-uncle Mikasi--turned monstrous before disappearing. When some of the clan's adolescent boys go missing in the forest that separates the enchanted community from the "regular" world, Aster and his new non-magic fri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
Boys are shapeshifters and girls are witches--or so everyone keeps telling Aster, who has been studying spells in secret while pressure builds for him to conform to the norms of his magical community. According to legend, the last time a man bucked tradition and used witchcraft, it backfired, and the culprit--Aster's great-uncle Mikasi--turned monstrous before disappearing. When some of the clan's adolescent boys go missing in the forest that separates the enchanted community from the "regular" world, Aster and his new non-magic fri...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
