Raven
Birchfield is not real thrilled to move into a house once owned by her dead
aunt. The house hasn’t been opened up in a long time. When Raven, her brother
and mother arrive they realize how strange their aunt was. Raven begins school
only to find herself bullied by one of the most popular girls in the school.
She is placed in a horticulture class, which is not something she really had an
interest in. After almost letting her flower for her horticulture class die,
she brings it home and clears out an area in the back yard to plant it. In the
process she makes a couple of discoveries. The first discovery is an old
cemetery at the back of their yard along with a creepy raven. The second is an
old book she digs up while digging the hole for her flower, and a quartz
necklace. Both of these things will have a major effect on her life.
Raven suddenly
finds herself in the body of Mary from the nursery rhyme, but she learns how
nasty this person was in real life. When Mary is in control of Raven’s body and
mind she is not the most pleasant person. The battle to remain Raven and not
Mary is real. The question is, who will be the strongest and win the battle?
I loved that
this was based on a nursery rhyme instead of a fairy tale. Most people don’t
realize that nursery rhymes were an accepted way of talking about real people
who were not the most pleasant. Everyone knows that bad-mouthing a queen could
get your head taken off. Write a nursery rhyme that has a hidden meaning and
you could spread your thoughts about that person all you want. This was
the first book in the series. I loved it so much I purchased it and the other
two books for my classroom.
I loved that this book had a message
about loving and accepting who you are. Maybe this will be the vehicle used by
teens to learn this lesson.
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