![]() ![]() ![]() Steinkellner's illustrations, especially the facial expressions, convey a powerful range of emotions and are pulsing with energy, comic and adventurous. A satisfying, brilliant sequel, solidifying Steinkellner’s reputation as a graphic novelist to watch. ![]() Friendless and picked on her whole life, Moth is pleasantly surprised when, on Halloween and dressed as a witch, she makes two discoveries: she finds a friend in new kid Charlie and she finds out she has magical powers. Complex and rich, but also sweetly funny, The Okay Witch is is delight to read, and a book that you will want to read again and again. THE OKAY WITCH by Emma Steinkellner is a superb graphic novel about Moth Hush, a girl living in Founder's Bluff, MA with her mother. Moth has to come to terms with the persecutions of the past and the prejudices of the present, as well as the complicated relationship between her own mother and grandmother as well as her own sense of self gained by the discovery of blossoming magical talents and her mother's refusal to support her in this. Steinkellner, a graduate of Stanford University's Program in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies makes connections between the founder of Founder's Bluff, who wants a town of "sober, obedient, lily-white Pilgrims," and descendent factory owners who, in 1895 attempt to lock the workers, girls, inside the burning building so that they can collect the insurance on them. The past catches up with the present and Moth has some decisions to make and battles to fight. ![]()
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