The Witch Boy

210, pagine

Pubblicato il 02 Febbraio 2017 da Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic.

ISBN:: 978-1-338-08951-6
Numero OCLC:: 982088873

(1 recensione)

From the illustrator of the web comic Strong Female Protagonist comes a debut middle-grade graphic novel about family, identity, courage -- and magic. In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted . . . and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be. When a mysterious danger threatens the other boys, Aster knows he can help -- as a witch. It will take the encouragement of a new friend, the non-magical and non-conforming Charlie, to convince Aster to try practicing his skills. And it will require even more courage to save his family . . . and be truly himself.

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Jane.M.Becker@bookwyrm.social ha recensito The Witch Boy di Lee Knox Ostertag (The Witch Boy, #1)

RLR 530 Fantasy/Sci-fi Review of Witch Boy

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The Witch Boy is a gorgeously illustrated and compassionately told story about a boy who struggles with his gender identity and the expectations for him. This fantasy is set in a world where magical girls are witches and magical boys are shapeshifters. Straying from these gender roles is not just taboo, but met with bullying. When a young boy, Aster, begins to gravitate towards witchcraft he must overcome societal and personal challenges in order to stay true to himself. I absolutely LOVED reading this story. It is heart warming, relatable, and engaging for any middle-school aged reader. Even as an adult, this story made my inner-child (who asked Santa for a Nerf Gun but got a Barbie) feel seen and appreciated. In a literacy class, this would make an excellent book to include when discussing theme. Students can identify both explicit and implicit themes present in the novel. Students will …

The Witch Boy is a gorgeously illustrated and compassionately told story about a boy who struggles with his gender identity and the expectations for him. This fantasy is set in a world where magical girls are witches and magical boys are shapeshifters. Straying from these gender roles is not just taboo, but met with bullying. When a young boy, Aster, begins to gravitate towards witchcraft he must overcome societal and personal challenges in order to stay true to himself. I absolutely LOVED reading this story. It is heart warming, relatable, and engaging for any middle-school aged reader. Even as an adult, this story made my inner-child (who asked Santa for a Nerf Gun but got a Barbie) feel seen and appreciated. In a literacy class, this would make an excellent book to include when discussing theme. Students can identify both explicit and implicit themes present in the novel. Students will also be able to identify the overall, primary theme of this magical realism story and relate it to the “real world”.