The Tragical Tale of Birdie Bloom by Temre Beltz, 368 pages. Harper Collins, MAY 2019. $17.
Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG (some scary scenes)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Birdie Bloom knows her lot in life is to be a tragical figure with a short life, in order to protect the rest of the citizens from bad ends to their tales. Agnes Crunch has been an evil, smelly, warty witch for a very long time, but now she is feeling discontented – bored, you might say. But witches are solitary creatures; they could never be friends with someone. But the Winds of Waverly have a mind of their own and they have other things in mind for our two characters – something very much outside the pages of the tales the citizens of Waverly have been following all these centuries.
An evil witch who maybe isn’t all that evil; a tragic orphan who has room in her heart for enough hope for everyone. The makings of a fantastic tale about exploding through the boundaries others have set for you.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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