Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix in Two Minutes

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Spoiler warning: This article tells the complete story of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, including its ending.In the summer of 1970, fifteen-year-old Neva Craven is sent to Wellwood House, a Florida maternity home where pregnant girls are renamed, isolated, and pushed to surrender their babies. Now called Fern, she finds allies in Rose, Zinnia, and fourteen-year-old Holly. Their only real source of freedom arrives with a mysterious bookmobile librarian and a paperback called How to Be a Groovy Witch.The first spell works, but the magic has a price. As the girls fight the adults who have stolen control of their bodies and futures, Fern learns that the librarian's coven is not simply offering rescue. It is looking for a new vessel, and Fern has already promised more than she understands.Witchcraft for Wayward Girls is Grady Hendrix at his most furious and compassionate: a horror story about forced adoption, solidarity, and the people who refuse to let shame decide someone else's future.Watch the Two Minute Books storyWatch on TikTokWatch on InstagramGet the bookWitchcraft for Wayward Girls: A Novel, paperback My profession is online marketing and development (10+ years experience), ch...

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