TY  - BOOK
AU  - Snyder,Laurel
TI  - The witch of Woodland
SN  - 9780062836656
U1  - FIC SNY 23/eng/20230427
KW  - Jewish girls
KW  - Juvenile fiction
KW  - Magic
KW  - Ability
KW  - Witches
KW  - Memory
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Coming of age
KW  - JUVENILE FICTION / Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Jewish
KW  - fast
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - Bildungsromans
KW  - Juvenile works
KW  - Novels
KW  - Witch fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Ages 8-12
N2  - While preparing for her bat mitzvah--and trying to make sense of her own life--Zippy discovers she has magical abilities when she conjures up a beautiful girl with no memory and wings like an angel to whom she is connected; Hi, whoever is reading this. I'm Zipporah Chava McConnell, but everyone calls me Zippy. Things used to be simple--until a few weeks ago. Now my best friend, Bea, is acting funny; everyone at school thinks I'm weird; and my mom is making me start preparing for my bat mitzvah, even though we barely ever go to synagogue. In fact, the only thing that still seems to make sense is magic. See, the thing is, I'm a witch. I've been casting spells since I was little. And even if no one else wants to believe in magic anymore, it's always made sense to me, always felt true. But I was still shocked the day I found a strange red book at the library and somehow...I conjured something. A girl, actually. A beautiful girl with no memory, and wings like an angel. You probably don't believe me, but I swear it's the truth. Miriam is like no one else I've ever met. She's proof that magic is real. And, it's hard to explain this part, but I just know that we're connected. That means it's up to me to help Miriam figure out what she is and where she came from. If I can do that, maybe everything else in my life will start to make sense too. Anyway, it's worth a try. --
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