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Trigger warnings
Positive tags
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Synopsis
In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted . . . and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be.
Is The Witch Boy: A Graphic Novel (The Witch Boy Trilogy #1) appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A boy who doesn't fit his family's strict gender roles secretly pursues forbidden witchcraft in this gentle graphic novel about identity and acceptance. Themes of nonconformity and exile are handled age-appropriately with minimal peril.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include rejection, gender nonconformity, and exile.
Who'll love this
Kids will connect with Aster's struggle to be himself even when his family doesn't understand, plus the magic and shapeshifting are really cool.