Eleven-year-old Verbena thinks her hereditary witchcraft is a curse that will keep her from having a normal life and marriage one day, but her mother and grandmother, who help tell the story, are eager to start her training.
Related: Europe, Fiction, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Primary (ages 6-9)
- ISBN: 9781582348988
- Author: Desplechin, Marie.
- Translator: Rosner, Gillian
- Published: 2006
- Themes: families, Interpersonal relations, Witches
- Descriptors: Europe, Fiction, France, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Primary (ages 6-9)