Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

This book has been sitting unread on my shelf since fifth grade. Whoops. I may have liked it more then, but I wasn't thrilled by it. The writing style came off a bit bland and consequently made the narrator seem unsympathetic. I wish we could have read more about Mary's grandmother or even Mary's witch powers, but her spiritual abilities were demonstrated only about twice throughout the whole novel. However, the buildup to the end was paced well, and the cliffhanger wasn't a tear-my-hair-out-how-could-they-end-it-like-that ending but rather left an eerie wonder of Mary's whereabouts. The sequel seems promising considering that it adds a modern storyline that aims to recover Mary's diary entries after having to flee Beulah. Witch Child was a decent read and can be enjoyed by the young adult reader.