The story: Evie leaves a mysterious family behind to learn the skills needed to fight witches, only to find that doing so could also cause her to betray the ones she loves. At Pennyroyal Academy, boys are trained to become knights and fight dragons; girls become princesses as they learn the skills needed to overcome the witches' dark magic. In this new place, Evie will find friends, a boyfriend...and maybe even herself.
June Cleaver's ratings: Language PG; Violence PG-13; Sexual content PG; Nudity G; substance abuse PG; magic & the occult PG-13; GLBT content G; adult themes (murder, betrayal) PG; overall rating PG.
Liz's comments: This is a fun fantasy, pretty much aimed at girls. The author has some new ideas, but also a tendency to use pretentious words--which occasionally make him/her sound pompous, and which will cause the target audience (middle school, in my book) to make frequent dives into the dictionary. Not that doing it will hurt them any!
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