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A Kind of Spark

By Elle McNicoll
Edition

Library edition with trade jacket added

Publisher Penguin Random House Imprint Crown ISBN

9780593374269

Awards and Honors 2022 Schneider Family Book Award for Young Children - Honor Book

A Kind of Spark

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9780593374269J
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Discrimination: Ableism,Discrimination: Neurodivergence,Language: Infrequent Use,Language: Mild Language,Violence: General

Perfect for readers of Song for a Whale and Counting by 7s, a neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different.



Ever since Ms. Murphy told us about the witch trials that happened centuries ago right here in Juniper, I can’t stop thinking about them. Those people weren’t magic. They were like me. Different like me.



I’m autistic. I see things that others do not. I hear sounds that they can ignore. And sometimes I feel things all at once. I think about the witches, with no one to speak for them. Not everyone in our small town understands. But if I keep trying, maybe someone will. I won’t let the witches be forgotten. Because there is more to their story. Just like there is more to mine.



Award-winning and neurodivergent author Elle McNicoll delivers an insightful and stirring debut about the European witch trials and a girl who refuses to relent in the fight for what she knows is right.
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