Enter Three Witches

by Kate Gilmore

Overview

"One of the most intelligently funny young-adult fantasies to come out in years, Enter Three Witches is the story of Bren, an adolescent New Yorker raised in a household of witches--mother, grandmother, and a housekeeper who practices black magic."- 2/LOCUS May 1991 Erika listened to the rumble of the cauldron being rolled into place and looked out into the black cavern of the theatre. Suddenly her eyes widened like. Like Banquo's ghost it as a thing not everyone could see, and this was just as well, for at the balcony rail stood three figures outlined in flickering blue fire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781450209137
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/2010
Pages:	220
Sales rank:	545,366
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	13 - 17 Years

About the Author

Kate Gilmore is the author of seven novels for young adults. These range widely from Iran on the verge of revolution to witchcraft in Manhattan to an imagined planet that has lost its higher animals. With a home base in much loved New York City, Kate has also lived in London, Milan, Tehran, rural New Hampshire, and currently, near Boston.

Editorial Reviews

Bret lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and, at 16, he's met his first love. Ironically, Erika, the girl of his dreams is playing a witch in their school production of Macbeth. In real life, Bret's mother is a witch, his grandmother a fortune-teller and their tenant a voodoo priestess. As for Bret's father, he has moved out and sees Bret only on weekends. Longing for a normal family, Bret tries to keep his odd relatives a secret from Erika, but finds that parents aren't something one can hide, especially when they are determined to be ``helpful.'' Calling to mind a family-problem-novel version of Suzy McKee Charnas's The Silver Glove , Gilmore offers a portrait of young love by way of stagecraft and magic. Not as dramatic as her Remembrance of the Sun , the story nevertheless has a quiet, solid charm. Ages 10-14. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Gr 7-12-- A quirky YA novel that sparkles with a sense of humor, graceful style, fully drawn setting, and rich characters. It chronicles how Bren copes with his parents' separation, his first love, his responsibilities in the school play, and his yearning for a normal, uneventful life. Beyond the array of these typical teenage trials is the plot's pivotal twist: Bren's mother is a practicing witch who insists on summoning him at the moment of his first kiss, providing special effects for the school's production of Macbeth , and meddling in his life with powers beyond those of an ordinary interfering mother. The denouement, in which the ordinary meshes with the supernatural, lapses into silliness, but, on the whole, this is an entertaining and magical story. --Doris A. Fong, Benson Polytechnic High School, Portland, OR

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