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The Blue Witch (The Witches of Orkney #1) by Alane Adams
ISBN: 1943006776
Published by SparkPress on October 23, 2018
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
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SYNOPSIS

Before Sam Baron broke Odin’s curse on the witches to become the first son born to a witch and the hero of the Legends of Orkney series, his mother was a young witchling growing up in the Tarkana Witch Academy. In this first book of the prequel series, the Witches of Orkney, nine-year-old Abigail Tarkana is determined to grow up to be the greatest witch of all, even greater than her evil ancestor Catriona. Unfortunately, she is about to fail Spectacular Spells class because her witch magic hasn’t come in yet. Even worse, her nemesis, Endera, is making life miserable by trying to get her kicked out.

When her new friend Hugo’s life is put in danger by a stampeding sneevil, a desperate Abigail manages to call up her magic―only to find out it’s unlike any other witchling’s at the Tarkana Witch Academy! As mysteries deepen around her magic and just who her true parents are, Abigail becomes trapped in a race against time to undo one of her spells before she is kicked out of the coven forever!

Rich in Norse mythology, The Blue Witch is the first of a fast-paced young reader series filled with magical spells, mysterious beasts, and witch-hungry spiders!

Praise for THE BLUE WITCH

“An enchanting new book full of magical mischief and adventure, Alane Adams’s The Blue Witch is guaranteed to please” ―Foreword Clarion Reviews

“Bright, brave characters star in this exhilarating tale of magic and mystical creatures.” ―Kirkus Reviews

This is the prequel to the Blue Witch series, so you don’t need to read them before this one.  I haven’t and now I want to read the rest.  This is a fun introduction to Sam Baton’s mother when she was a young witch who might be a “glitch-witch” as a witch with no powers.  Abigail is targeted by Endera, the high witch’s daughter and she finds a friend in Hugo, who attends the local boys’ school training to be a scientist.  Things start to change for Abigail when she first uses witch’s fire but instead of green, it turns out to be blue.
That blue fire means that she could possibly be a direct descended of a famous witch that turned traitor.  Endera is throwing spells at Abigail constantly and she tries to keep her place in school in spite of this.  The adventure expands as she fights off monsters and evil in the swamp.  This was a very fun read and I can imagine fans of Harry Potter will love this.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alane Adams is a children’s author, professor, and literacy advocate. She is the author of the Legends of Orkney fantasy mythology series for tweens; she also writes Early American picture books for young children. Adams lives in Southern California.

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Comments

  2. I haven’t been to the circus for years, since I was a little girl. I didn’t like the way the animals were treated and never went again.

  3. The last time I was at the circus was 20 years ago when my son was four. Friends had joined a traveliing circus I know it sounds made up but my best friend since kindergarten was a teacher and he was a horse trainer so they decided to join the circus and are still travelling with them in australia

  9. I was a child when I went to the circus. I won’t go to circuses with animals because they are cruel to animals.

  11. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the circus.
    Don’t like seeing the animals that way.
    Would love to see Cirque du Soleil.

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