The Okay Witch, by Emma Steinkellner

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Okay this graphic novel was genuinely sweet and perfect for those of you who love the nicer side of Halloween. For me, I love the scary, spooky, creepy, bump in the night side of Halloween, but every once in a while I like to be able to sit back and enjoy the good old days of innocent Halloween. This graphic novel will bring you right back to those days. The days of trick or treating and picking out which Spice Girl you and your friends were going to be. No Spice Girls? What about Little Mix? Black Pink? 

Anyway, The Okay Witch by Emma Steinkellner was so much fun to go through. If you’ve been following our videos or my reviews for a while you know that I have an issue with graphic novels that rely too heavily on the pictures to drive its content. This one had the perfect amount of beautiful images and a wonderful plot which was delivered through substantial text! 

Thirteen year old Moth Hush (okay can we just talk about that name…? I love it.) loves all things witchy. But she’s about to find out that witches aren’t just the stuff of her town’s history. They’re real and she’s one of them. At least half way. It turns out that Founder’s Bluff, Mass. has a centuries-old history of witches… and drama. So when Moth’s new powers show up things spiral out of control. 

Talking cats, enchanted diaries, and hidden witchy worlds are the least of Moth’s problems when secrets come to light after generations of hidden away witches come forth. It’s Moth’s job to unravel the complicated legacy at the heart of her town, her family, and herself. Emma Steinkellner’s graphic novel debut is backed with humor, truth, and heart along with a wonderful story about a mother and her witch-in-progress.

Savvy B. is an avid Young Adult fiction superfan. 

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School for Extraterrestrial Girls: Girl on Fire

 

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Alright y’all here we go, the first review for a book I didn’t finish! I know you’re probably asking “Well how can you review a book you haven’t read?” Well I’m still here to tell you all about it. I’m a firm believer that every song in the world is someone’s favorite. So just because I didn’t enjoy this book doesn’t mean you wouldn’t. 

 

Today we are talking about the graphic novel School for Extraterrestrial Girls: Girl on Fire by Jeremy Whitley and Jamie Noguchi. Now if you're a fan of StarTrek or X-Men, I think you would really enjoy this book. It follows fifteen year old Tara Smith whose parents are hard and strict about her daily routine. Up at the same time everyday, strict about homework and that garbage gets taken out every night, all like clockwork. 

 

But one day the power goes out and Tara’s alarm clock doesn’t go off. Late for school, she runs out of the house without her trusty watch that her parents always make her wear. This is the start of something extraordinary; something Tara has been waiting for her whole life but just might not be ready for. Just when she thought her day couldn’t get any worse, she bursts into flames in front of the whole class. She can’t feel it, though, and suddenly she’s outed as an extraterrestrial and turning into something… else. 

 

She’s then captured by the government and offered two options: 1. Get shipped back to her ‘home planet’ of which she has no memory or 2. Attend the school for other extraterrestrial girls like her. Tara’s goal, now, is to learn how to harness her powers and figure out the mystery of who really raised her, because they weren’t her real parents. Tara must rely on others for the first time in her life to figure out who she really is and where she really comes from before she is kidnapped a second time. 

 

This looks like a promising series from Whitley and Noguchi and maybe one day I’ll pick it back up. But for now, you can call and check it out yourself. Let me know what you thought of this one!

 

Savvy B. is an avid Young Adult fiction superfan. 

Savvy's Reviews will be archived here, so you can catch up on all her thoughts on her latest reads.