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Author
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Witches are real, and they are very, very dangerous. They wear ordinary clothes and have ordinary jobs, living in ordinary towns all across the world -- and there's nothing they despise more than children. When an eight-year-old boy and his grandmother come face-to-face with the Grand High Witch herself, they may be the only ones who can stop the witches' latest plot to stamp out every last child in the country!
3) Magic Trixie
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Trophy
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Magic Trixie looks for some special magic to bring in to show-and-tell to impress her friends, but her family keeps telling her that she is too young to use any of their magic, while her baby sister gets away with everything.
Author
Series
Hereville volume 1
Publisher
Amulet
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Mirka Hirschberg is a spunky, strong- willed eleven- year -old who isn't interested in knitting lessons from her stepmother, or advice from her sybillings. There's only one thing she does want, to fight dragons! But she'll need a sword- and there in lies the tale!''---back cover.
Series
Witches of Brooklyn volume 1
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Could there really be witches in Brooklyn? Effies aunts are weird. Like, really weird. Really, really, really weird!!! Does that mean they could be & magic? Does that mean she could be magic?! Life is about to get much more interesting!
7) Snapdragon
Author
Publisher
First Second, of an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Snap's town has a witch. At least, that's how the rumor goes. In reality, Jacks is just a crocks-wearing, internet-savvy old lady who sells the skeletons of roadkill online. It's creepy, sure, but Snap thinks it's kind of cool, too. Snap needs a favor from this old woman, though, so she begins helping Jacks with her strange work. Snap gets to know her and realizes that Jacks may in fact have real magic - and an unlikely connection to Snap's family's...
Author
Series
Witch boy (Ostertag) volume 1
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"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...
Series
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
On her 13th birthday, a young witch named Kiki must fly away from home to a new city to find her niche in life. Accompanied by her chatty cat, Jiji, she starts a flying service and has lots of fun-filled escapades and meets plenty of new friends.
Series
Kiki's delivery service volume 3
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
All the kids in the Aviation Club are excited to have a witch living in their hometown. Tombo, for one, won't rest until Kiki shows him how she flies through the air on her broom. Suddenly, little Kiki has become the most popular girl in Corico!
Series
Kiki's delivery service volume 2
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Now that she's 13 years old, it's time for young Kiki to start thinking about her future. So one night, under the shine of a full moon, she grabs her black cat Jiji, hops on her mother's broom and heads into the night. The next day she alights upon a friendly oceanside city called Corico. This is where she'll spend the next year learning how to become a real honest-to-goodness witch.
Series
Weirn books volume 1
Publisher
JY
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In the Night Realm, vampires, shifters, weirns, and other night things passing for human prowl the streets... but they still have to go to school! Ailis and Na'ya are pretty average students (NOT losers), but when a shadow starts looming and a classmate gets all weird, they are the first to notice. It gets personal, though, when Na'ya's little brother D'esh disappears-It's time to confront the secrets of the forbidden mansion in the Silent Woods!"--...
Author
Series
Misadventures of Salem Hyde volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Frequently admonished for her impulsive behavior, Salem Hyde, a young witch, ignores long lectures by her dignified animal companion and enters a spelling competition at school only to discover that the "spelling" involves words instead of magic.
Publisher
KaBoom!
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever wondered where witches' cats go when they pull a claw? Or what you do with a pygmy phoenix with a case of bird flu? Nan and Clarion have you covered. They're the best veterinarian witches of all time at least they're trying to be. But when an injured rabbit with strange eyes stumbles into their lives, Nan and Clarion have to put down their enchanted potions and face the biggest test of their magical, medical careers...and possibly lose...
15) The hidden witch
Author
Series
Witch boy (Ostertag) volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Asters parents have finally agreed that he can learn witchery with the girls, but he has a lot of catching up to do. So when Grandmother offers her tutoring in exchange for a favor, Aster jumps at the chanceuntil she asks him to help his great-uncle, Mikasi. Family or no, Aster isnt ready to face the beast who nearly destroyed him and his cousins. Across town, dark magic has attached itself to Asters friend Charlie. Witches are taught to never create...
16) The okay witch
Author
Series
Okay witch volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Moth Hush loves all things witchy. But she's about to discover that witches aren't just the stuff of movies, books, and spooky stories. When some eighth-grade bullies try to ruin her Halloween, something really strange happens. It turns out that Founder's Bluff, Massachusetts, has a centuries-old history of witch drama, and surprise: Moth's family is at the center of it all! When Moth's new powers show up, things get totally out-of-control....
Author
Series
Redstone Junior High volume 5
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When word gets out that Redstone Junior High is a hot spot for hostile mobs, enrollment goes up and chaos is the new normal. To get away from all the stress, Pixel, Sky, Uma, and Violet find themselves sneaking off through a secret mine tunnel to a beach-filled paradise they discovered. Little do they know that they are trespassing on the territory of two very angry witches: Grindel and Agatha. The witches watch them from the shadows and vow to reclaim...
Series
Little witch academia volume 2
Publisher
JY
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Akko keeps failing her transformation-magic test, which means she wont be allowed to attend a joint-school banquet with the prestigious Appleton Academy. With her confidence in tatters, Akko heads to the northernmost part of campus to find hopefor there lies the mysterious Fountain of Polaris, a special site said to grant witches tremendous power!
Series
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Karen Brewer lives next door to Mrs. Porter, who wears long robes and has wild gray hair. Mrs. Porter has a black cat named Midnight and always seems to be working in her garden. Karen isn't supposed to spy on her neighbor, but she's determined to prove that Mrs. Porter is a witch named Morbidda Destiny! Mrs. Porter is getting ready to have a special meeting at her house, and Karen is sure the meeting is for witches. Are they going to cast a spell...
20) El niño brujo
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Ibérica, S.A
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"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...
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