The Okay Witch By Emma Steinkellner

9/3/2019  The Okay Witch

By Emma Steinkellner

This coming of age story about a young witch who is just learning to control her powers is an absolute delight!  Moth, a teenager living with her amazing single mom is learning her family’s history and their connections to the Salem witch trials. But having amazing powers isn’t all it’s cracked up to be when her spells go awry.  Helping Moth along the way is her new familiar, a snarky feline who is inhabited by the spirit of her mother’s former boss. Charlie, a new student who starts school on Halloween turns out to be an instant best friend. With Moth’s witchy help, he becomes the lead in the school play and believes himself to be one step closer to winning his father’s approval.  But Moth is still getting the hang of her powers and things don’t go the way she intends.  

Literally falling into her mother’s memories through her diary provide Moth with an intense look at her family’s history.  When her grandmother pressures Moth to join the other witches in Hecate, Moth must decide if she can leave her old life, and everyone she loves, behind. 

 I absolutely adore this story and I can’t wait to add it the Library’s collection.  It has all the elements of a great middle grade read-friendships, bullies, finding yourself, family secrets-it’s all here.  Moth is a fantastic character. She’s smart, stands up for her values, and just wants to fit in with everyone else. I really liked how her friendship with Charlie was allowed to be just that-a friendship.  She certainly has enough going on that she doesn’t need a boyfriend added to the mix. Moth’s interactions with her mother were completely relatable and mostly hilarious. Moth just wants answers and her mother wants to keep her safe-kind of like every parent and child interaction.  

I loved it and I think your favorite middle grade reader will too.  You can get your copy here:

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.  All opinions are my own.  

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