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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2007
Gr 8-10 Chrissie is not happy about moving from Vermont to California at the start of her junior year, but since her dad's mysterious disappearance, her mom needs a change. Almost immediately, Chrissie meets Yvonne and Karen. They invite her to join their coven, where they practice magic spells. Yvonne, whose half-Gypsy father stole her away from her mom, fleeing from France to England, and then t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2007
Native Vermonter Chrissie, fifteen, is a recent transplant to sunny, glitzy Los Angeles: her environmentalist do-gooder father died in India helping build a water system, and her mother—whom Chrissie barely recognizes, with her highlights and California wardrobe and new fiancé—needed a change. Chrissie is a fish out of water until she sees a handmade sign advertising "Aura Analyses, Psychic Readings, Phrenology, Tarot, Palmistry, Crystal Ball, Channeling, Wicca...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Chrissie, fifteen, is a fish out of water in LA until she meets Gypsy/witch Yvonne, gullible and vulnerable Karen, and Jimmy, the...Log In or Sign Up to Read More