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Curse of the Night Witch

Curse of the Night Witch

Children's BooksFantasy
Published
2020
Language
English

Synopsis

On Emblem Island, where every child is born with a magical emblem, twelve-year-old Tor is an anomaly: she has no emblem. When a mysterious Night Witch threatens her island, Tor must embark on a dangerous quest to uncover her own hidden magic and save her home, proving that even without an emblem, she might be the island's only hope.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

AdventurousMysteriousWhimsical
QuestComing of Age

Genres

Children's Books Fantasy Middle Grade

About the author

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Alex Aster

Alex Aster (born Alexandra Pierson, August 4, 1995) is an American author best known for the young adult fantasy romance series Lightlark, which debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list in 2022 and was optioned for film by Universal Pictures and Temple Hill. She began writing at thirteen and published her first books, the middle-grade Emblem Island series (Curse of the Night Witch, Curse of the Forgotten City), drawing on the Colombian folklore her grandmother told her growing up. She...