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Toil & Trouble - by Tess Sharpe & Jessica Spotswood (Paperback)

Toil & Trouble - by  Tess Sharpe & Jessica Spotswood (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><strong>This extraordinary collection of fifteen stories celebrates witches using their power and claiming their destinies. </strong><br /><br /><strong>THERE'S NOTHING MORE POWERFUL THAN A WITCH WHO BELIEVES IN HERSELF.</strong><br /><br />Women accused of witchcraft. Fearsome girls with arcane knowledge.<em> Toil & Trouble</em> features fifteen stories of girls embracing their power, reclaiming their destinies, and using their magic to create, to curse, to cure, to kill...and to live. <br /><br />A young witch uses social media to connect with her astrology clients--and with a NASA-loving girl as cute as she is skeptical. A priestess of death investigates a ritualized murder. A bruja who cures lovesickness might need the remedy herself when she falls for an altar boy. A theater production is turned upside down by a visiting churel. A water witch uses her magic to survive the soldiers who have invaded her desert oasis. And in the near future, a group of girls accused of witchcraft must find their collective power...and destroy their captors.<br /><br />NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A TEEN WITCH!<br /><br /><strong>Featuring stories by: <br />Tehlor Kay Mejia<br />Andrea Robertson<br />Tess Sharpe<br />Lindsay Smith<br />Brandy Colbert<br />Shveta Thakrar<br />Robin Talley<br />Nova Ren Suma<br />Zoraida Córdova<br />Brenna Yovanoff<br />Kate Hart<br />Jessica Spotswood<br />Anna-Marie McLemore<br />Emery Lord<br />Elizabeth May</strong><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"...this powerful and diverse collection is perfect for fans of female-led fantasy stories. No damsels in distress to be found here." --<em>Kirkus Reviews</em>, starred review <p/>"At the heart of each [story] is a girl (or girls) learning to discover her power...The collective impact is undeniably resounding, and the particularly strong back half will leave readers more than a little bewitched themselves." -Booklist (starred review) <p/>[A] provocative, eclectic collection. -Publishers Weekly (starred review) <p/>This collection brings together short, witchy stories from fifteen brilliant YA authors...It's a whole lot of magical fun, and a definite must-read for all the witches in your life. -Bustle<br>

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