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Fifteen-year-old Chrissie feels totally out of place after she moves from her comfortable life in Vermont to flashy L.A. A handwritten sign advertising psychic services leads her to Yvonne, a young self-proclaimed witch and leader of a coven, and her friend Karen, a gentle, sweet, boy-crazy teen. Yvonne and Karen welcome Chrissie to the coven. Even though Chrissie isn't sure she believes in what they do, with her new friends, she feels better able to deal with the changes since her father's death three years earlier and her mother's new engagement. The girls' spells, which introduce each chapter, include candle lighting, chocolate eating, and focusing on the change they envision, and their magic seems to work as Chrissie combats a bullying classmate. When Yvonne tries to intervene in a romance, and Karen faces a pregnancy scare, the group is abruptly divided. It is Chrissie who smoothes the waters, solidifying her place in the trio. The search for belonging and friendship will capture teens. Booth, Heather
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Need to attract a boy? Cure a fear? Let go of the past?
Yvonne has the spell for you.
After Chrissie's dad dies, her mom moves them to California to remarry. Chrissie's lonely new life is transformed when the amazing Yvonne jumps out of her apartment door and pulls Chrissie inside to join Yvonne and Karen in their coven of "good witches." Yvonne is part gypsy, and somehow wiser than other kids her age. Karen is sweet, shy, and madly in love with the wrong boy. Alone, each girl is an outsider; but when the friends share their powers and cast spells to help each other, a kind of magic starts to happen.
Kelly Easton is the author of the young adult novels: The Life History of a Star, Walking on Air, Aftershock, and Hiroshima Dreams. The Life History of a Star was selected as the Golden Kite Honor Award, and as a Booksense 76 Top Ten Book for Teens. She lives and teaches in Rhode Island and Martha's Vineyard with her husband and their children.
From the Hardcover edition.
Yvonne has the spell for you.
After Chrissie's dad dies, her mom moves them to California to remarry. Chrissie's lonely new life is transformed when the amazing Yvonne jumps out of her apartment door and pulls Chrissie inside to join Yvonne and Karen in their coven of "good witches." Yvonne is part gypsy, and somehow wiser than other kids her age. Karen is sweet, shy, and madly in love with the wrong boy. Alone, each girl is an outsider; but when the friends share their powers and cast spells to help each other, a kind of magic starts to happen.
Kelly Easton is the author of the young adult novels: The Life History of a Star, Walking on Air, Aftershock, and Hiroshima Dreams. The Life History of a Star was selected as the Golden Kite Honor Award, and as a Booksense 76 Top Ten Book for Teens. She lives and teaches in Rhode Island and Martha's Vineyard with her husband and their children.
From the Hardcover edition.
