I couldn't put it down.' -#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Victoria Schwab ' Practical Magic meets Black Girl Magic in this powerful addition to the YA canon. Katrell came out here and said 'We ARE the fire.’' -Brittney Morris, bestselling author of Slay and The Cost of Knowing 'The world is always telling Black girls that if we play with fire, we’re bound to get burned.

Truly, Black Girl Magic at its finest.' - J.Elle, NYT bestselling author of Wings Of Ebony ' Heart-rending and chilling, Bad Witch Burning is a dark and daring portrait of a Black girl taking back her power. Now Katrell faces a choice: resign herself to poverty, or confront the darkness before it’s too late.Ī Reese’s Book Club Recommended Spooky Read! Only magic isn’t free, and dark forces are coming to collect. And, warning or not, she has no intention of letting this lucrative new business go.

What do ghosts know of having sleep for dinner? But when her next summoning accidentally raises someone from the dead, Katrell realizes that a live body is worth a lot more than a dead apparition. Katrell is willing to call the ghosts on their bluff she has no choice. And it comes with a warning: STOP or there will be consequences. Money’s still tight, and to complicate things, Katrell has started to draw attention. She’s been able to support her unemployed mother-and Mom’s deadbeat-boyfriend-of-the-week-so far, but it isn’t enough. For fans of Lovecraft Country and Candyman comes a witchy story full of Black girl magic as one girl's dark ability to summon the dead offers her a chance at a new life, while revealing to her an even darker future.

Bad Witch Burning by Jessica Lewis