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   No current Talk conversations about this book.  Catherine22053 | May 4, 2024 |    ) filemanager | Nov 29, 2023 | ) avanders | Nov 28, 2023 |  ) Kiaya40 | Jun 19, 2023 | Honestly, the witch was pretty nice all things considered. Sure, they were forced to clean and cook and maintain magical plants for her but that's better than mining gold for your starving family or farming cocoa for Hershey. They have free medical benefits, since the witch provides magical ointments to heal wounds. The witch never really did anything that can be considered deeply wicked, she did mean things that were mostly harmless; sure, she threatened to turn them into statues but never tortured or cannibalized them. And Lenore the cat is too nice. You spend a couple centuries around a cruel, despicable witch and some of that evilness rubs off on you and isn't going to wash away just because some kids were nice to you. ( ) KJC__ | Apr 16, 2023 | no reviews | add a review
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Fantasy.
Juvenile Fiction.
Juvenile Literature.
HTML: A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This thrilling contemporary fantasy from J. A. White, the acclaimed author of the Thickety series, brings to life the magic and craft of storytelling. Alex's original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he'll run out of pages to read from and be trapped forever. He's loved scary stories his whole life, and he knows most don't have a happily ever after. Now that Alex is trapped in a true terrifying tale, he's desperate for a different ending—and a way out of this twisted place. This modern spin on the Scheherazade story is perfect for fans of Coraline and A Tale Dark and Grimm. With interwoven tips on writing with suspense, adding in plot twists, hooks, interior logic, and dealing with writer's block, this is the ideal book for budding writers and all readers of delightfully just-dark-enough tales. .No library descriptions found. |
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My notes: I thought this was a bit of a weird story, and was definitely surprised to hear that a movie had been made of it.
Book notes and screen notes: There is a sequel to this book called Gravebooks. There was also a Netflix movie made of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQO16k5Vdow
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