The+Witches

1) The Witches 2) Roald Dahl 3) A boy is on vacation in the same hotel as a group of witches. The witches do not like children, and even turn another little boy into a mouse. The two boys then work together to get back and destroy the witches. 4) Fiction 5) Many of the characters in the books are witches. They turn a little boy into a mouse. The boys plot to destroy the witches. 6) According to Goodreads, this book received 4.09 stars out of 5 stars. The members talk comment on how this book takes a different approach to what the normal witch is. This is not a book on witches that ride brooms and have long black dresses (Goodreads, 2012). 7) Ever since the book was published, different feminist groups have protested this book because all the witches are female and negatively portrayed (American Library Association, 2012). 8) Ages 11+
 * 1) This book was published in 1983 when feminism was at its peak so many people challenged the book saying that it was sexist because all the witches were women. It also was protested by a group called the Wiccans in the 1980’s because of the personification of evil through the witches. In California people objected because they thought the book was too realistic and kids were going to believe that it was real. They thought that it would negatively affect their children (Oliver, 2008).

References: The witches. //Goodreads Inc. 2012. http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6327.The_Witches// Dahl, R. (1983). The witches. London. //Jonathon Cape.//

Oliver, E. (2008). //Boil, boil, toil, and trouble: A critical look at the controversy over Roald// // Dahl’s The Witches. // The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children’s Literature. 12 (2).