GENRE: Children's Fiction
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MY GRADE: A
SYNOPSIS: Regretting the unfortunate bad luck that seems to follow him everywhere, Boswell, a black cat, is ecstatic when he is adopted by a witch, until he realizes that she wants to use him to hex innocent villagers.
MY THOUGHTS: I love this. The illustrations are beautiful but the faces of Boswell and his mother are very ugly. It's set in possibly 17th century Europe, by the looks of it. Boswell is unwanted by everyone in town, so he leaves and makes a home under a bridge. A witch belonging to the Coven of Darkness moves into town. She sees him and takes him with her on her broom. Poor Boswell is so excited because it's the first time in his life that he's felt wanted, so he goes excitedly with her. The witch takes him to her tower and things go very, very wrong and Boswell's on his own again. He wanders into the village and has a happily-ever-after. I'm not seeing a moral to the story.
My favorite image is below and is of Boswell under the bridge. You can see more images here.
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