Gone With the Witch (Teen Witch Book 3) - Softcover

Barnes, Megan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0590412981 ISBN 13: 9780590412988

Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks, 1989

Synopsis

While attending a class on the Civil War, Sarah accidently takes herself and Micki back in time where they become Southern belles on a plantation, and Sarah must struggle to undo the spell

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Grade 6-8-- Sarah is an average high-school girl who happens to be an apprentice witch. She doesn't exactly have the hang of spellcraft yet, so her daydreaming about Gone with the Wind during a history exam accidentally transports Sarah and her best friend Micki back in time to assume the bodies and identities of two antebellum Southern belles. What follows is a melange of Scarlett O'Hara and Sweet Valley High. Micki just wants to go home, but Sarah is delighted with her new role, especially when she meets handsome Confederate lieutenant Robbie Shaw. Then Sarah's witch powers seem to be fading, and she is not sure she can get home even if she wants to. There are a few sparks of humor when the 19th and 20th centuries collide, but the characters are heavily stereotyped--empty-headed girls, a fat black "mammy," and pompous colonels--and conflicts of the period are minimized. Sarah is concerned about slavery, but consoles herself that "all these people would be freed in the near future." This succeeds neither as a magic story nor as a teen historical romance. Bewitched, no. Bothered and bewildered, yes. --Elaine E. Knight, Lincoln Elementary Schools, IL
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Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0590412981
• ISBN 13: 9780590412988
• Binding: Paperback