Snapdragon

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Leyh, Kat.  Snapdragon.  2020. First Second Publishing, an imprint of Roaring Book Press. New York, New York.

Legend says that a witch lives in the old house at the top of the hill.  A witch that is so evil, she gave her eye to the devil, eats roadkill, and casts spells with their bones.

Snapdragon inadvertently becomes entangled with the witch when she goes in search of her dog who had gone missing on the side of the road.  When she finds her injured dog bandaged happily snuggled into the witch's house, Snap realizes that the witch is actually more than she seems.

An unlikely friendship grows between Snap and the Witch as she discovers why she collects the bones of roadkill (she sells them online) to the everyday magic that she uses to get through the world and protect the ones she loves. Even more bizarre, as the two unlikely friends work together, Snap realizes that the witch has deep ties with her family.

But when her mother's boyfriend arrives to take the dog and threaten snap, can the everyday magic that she learned from the witch help her?  Or will she lose everything that she has come to love about this strange old woman?



The Publisher Recommends this book for ages 10-14.

Author's Web Page:  http://katleyh.com/