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A magical adventure for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers and Nevermoor, about three witchlings who must work together to do the impossible if they have any hope of earning their full powers. Every year, in the magical town of Ravenskill, Witchlings who participate in the Black Moon Ceremony are placed into covens and come into their powers as full-fledged witches. And twelve-year-old Seven Salazar can't wait to be placed in the most powerful coven with her best friend! But on the night of the ceremony, in front of the entire town, Seven isn't placed in one of the five covens. She's a Spare! Spare covens have fewer witches, are less powerful, and are looked down on by everyone. Even worse, when Seven and the other two Spares perform the magic circle to seal their coven and cement themselves as sisters, it doesn't work! They're stuck as Witchlings—and will never be able to perform powerful magic. Seven invokes her only option: the impossible task. The three Spares will be assigned an impossible task: If they work together and succeed at it, their coven will be sealed and they'll gain their full powers. If they fail... Well, the last coven to make the attempt ended up being turned into toads. Forever. But maybe friendship can be the most powerful magic of all… With action-packed adventure, a coven of quirky witchlings, Claribel A. Ortega's signature humor and girl-power vibes, this middle grade Latine witch story is truly a modern classic.
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*Re-read on 4/28/23* Did this book make me cry again? Yes. Of course it did. I'm so excited for book 2 coming out next week! I re-read this all in one day. I love it so dang much. There are just so many wonderful things that happen in this book and I'll never stop shouting about it.
5.25
This was a perfect mid-grade. There was not a single thing I would change about it. I loved every minute of reading this book. I honestly want to pick it back up and read it again.
Claribel really pulled out all the stops here. This world she created and the people she filled it with. UGH. I wish I could have been a witchling and lived in their world! It was fantastic.
Cannot recommend enough. I read this in one sitting.
*A note before you let your kids read this one, it does contain grief/death of a sibling, child abuse, poverty and hunger.
cover 5; characters 5; plot 5; pace 5; writing 5; enjoyment; cry*