“Fiercely original and uncommonly lovely, The Witch's Boy is equal parts enchanting and haunting. Kelly Barnhill is master of truly potent and unruly magic; luckily for readers, she chooses to use her powers for good.” UseBoysMagicMastersReaderEqualOriginalsLovelyWitchHauntingEnchantingUnruly Author:Anne Ursu
“I believe that the world isn't always what we can see...I believe there are secrets in the woods. And I believe that goodness wins out...So, if someone's changed overnight - by witch curse or poison apple or were-turtle - you have to show them what's good. You show them love. That works a surprising amount of the time.” IfsWorldBelieveShowsWinningI BelieveSecretChangedAmountGoodnessWoodsCursePoisonApplesWitchSurprisingTurtles Author:Anne Ursu
“A boy got a splinter in his eye, and his heart turned cold. Only two people noticed. One was a witch, and she took him for her own. The other was his best friend. And she went after him in ill-considered shoes, brave and completely unprepared.” PeopleHeartTwoEyeBoysColdBraveShoesIllHis EyesWitchUnpreparedSplinters Author:Anne Ursu
“She looked at her shelves, filled with books in which the bad stuff that happened to people was caused by things like witches who lured people into the woods. In a weird way, the world seemed to make more sense that way.” PeopleWorldWayBookStuffHappenedFilledWoodsWitchShelvesBad Stuff Author:Anne Ursu
“Jack believed in something—he believed in white witches and sleighs pulled by wolves, and in the world the trees obscured. He believed that there were better things in the woods. He believed in palaces of ice and hearts to match. Hazel had, too. Hazel had believed in woodsmen and magic shoes and swanskins and the easy magic of a compass. She had believed that because someone needing saving they were savable. She had believed in these things, but not anymore. And this is why she had to rescue Jack, even though he might not hear what she had to tell him.” WorldHeartMightEasyWhiteMagicTreeShoesWoodsIceSavingWitchRescueCompassPalacesSleighs Author:Anne Ursu
“People feared snowstorms once. Hazel read about this all the time. Pioneers opened their front doors and saw they'd been entombed in snow overnight. They walked across malevolent swirling whiteness and did not know if they would survive. Nature can destroy us in a blink. We live on only at its pleasure. That was what looking at the witch was like.” PeopleIfsKnowsPleasureSawsDoorsFrontsSnowWitchPioneersBlinkWhitenessFront DoorsSnowstorms Author:Anne Ursu
