| Description |
405 pages ; 22 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Study Program |
UG RL 5.5 16.0 198447 |
| Contents |
Starsong / Tehlor Kay Mejia -- Afterbirth / Andrea Cremer -- The heart in her hands / Tess Sharpe -- Death in the Sawtooths / Lindsay Smith -- The truth about Queenie / Brandy Colbert -- The Moonapple Menagerie / Shveta Thakrar -- The legend of Stone Mary / Robin Talley -- The one who stayed / Nova Ren Suma -- Divine are the stars / Zoraida Cordova -- Daughters of Baba Yaga / Brenna Yovanoff -- The well witch / Kate Hart -- Beware of girls with crooked mouths / Jessica Spotswood -- Love spell / Anna-Marie McLemore -- The Gherin Girls / Emery Lord -- Why they watch us burn / Elizabeth May. |
| Indexed In: |
Junior Library Guild |
| Summary |
History is filled with stories of women accused of witchcraft, of fearsome girls with arcane knowledge. Toil & Trouble features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure---and to kill. |
| Audience |
Ages 14 & up. |
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Grades 9 & up. |
| Awards |
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG) |
| Subject |
Witchcraft -- Juvenile fiction.
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Women -- Juvenile fiction.
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Witchcraft -- Fiction.
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Women -- Fiction.
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Witchcraft -- Fiction.
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Women -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American.
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Short stories.
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American short stories.
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| Added Author |
Spotswood, Jessica, editor.
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Sharpe, Tess, editor.
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| Added Title |
Toil and trouble |
| ISBN |
9781335016270 (hardcover) : 17.30 |
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