When My Heart Was Wicked Contributor(s): Stirling, Tricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0545695732 ISBN-13: 9780545695732 Publisher: Scholastic Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2015 * Out of Print * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Blended Families - Juvenile Fiction | Fairy Tales & Folklore - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2014021741 |
Age Level: 14-17 |
Grade Level: 9-12 |
Lexile Measure: 690(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.3" L (0.61 lbs) 192 pages |
Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Price on Product |
Review Citations: School Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 124 Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2014 Publishers Weekly 12/08/2014 Booklist 01/01/2015 pg. 100 Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 01/01/2015 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2015 pg. 333 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: I used to be one of those girls. The kind who loved to deliver bad news . . . who'd flirt with your boyfriend. But now when I cast spells, they're always for good.16-year-old Lacy believes that magic and science can work side by side. She's a botanist who knows how to harness the healing power of plants. So when her father dies, Lacy tries to stay with her step-mother in Chico, where her magic is good and healing. She fears the darkness that her real mother, Cheyenne, brings out, stripping away everything that is light and kind.Yet Cheyenne never stays away for long. Beautiful, bewitching, unstable Cheyenne who will stop at nothing, not even black magic, to keep control of her daughter's heart. She forces Lacy to accompany her to Sacramento, and before long, the old Lacy starts to resurface. But when Lacy survives a traumatic encounter, she finds herself faced with a choice. Will she use her powers to exact revenge and spiral into the darkness forever? Or will she find the strength to embrace the light? |
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