Bibliograph

Salt magic, Hope Larson ; [illustrated by] Rebecca Mock

Type

Label

Salt magic, Hope Larson ; [illustrated by] Rebecca Mock

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 10-14, Margaret Ferguson Books

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 7-9, Margaret Ferguson Books

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Salt magic

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

1183398544

Responsibility statement

Hope Larson ; [illustrated by] Rebecca Mock

Summary

"Twelve-year-old Vonceil cannot wait for her older brother Elber to come home to the family farm in Oklahoma after serving on the front lines of World War I. But the young man who greets her at the train station is serious and responsible, not the fun-loving brother she remembers, and he doesn't have time for her anymore -- especially not after he marries his plain, boring childhood sweetheart. Soon after the wedding, glamorous, mysterious Greda arrives at the farm. She's followed Elber all the way back from Paris, and when she learns he's married another woman, she's furious. Revealing herself as a powerful salt witch, she dooms the farm by turning its only source of water, a spring, to crop-destroying salt water. Elber falls ill from the shock, so Vonceil strikes out on her own to confront Greda and lift the curse. In this utterly unique graphic novel fairy tale, Vonceil travels through deserts, ghost towns, and her own family's past in her quest to set things right. The journey will change her in ways that can't be undone and teach her powerful lessons about sacrifice, love, and the importance of family." -- Front jacket flap

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification