The Burning
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After starting fresh with her mother in a Scottish fishing village, Anna learns that rumors of the "incident" have followed her, and she finds herself drawn to Maggie, a girl burned for witchcraft centuries before. Includes discussion questions.
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A very eye opening book about victim blaming, how the world has treated women for as long as we have been alive, and the highschool pack mentality ruins lives.
3.5 stars
I really enjoyed this! I think it had great discussions about slut shaming, social media, bullying, rape culture, etc. I liked the friendships in here and the connections made between what happened to Maggie and what was happening to Anna.
I didn't love the fantastical? supernatural? - not really sure what it would be considered - elements of Anna studying witches and could have definitely done with less of that. also, some of the speeches at the end really read like a story that would be on r/ThatHappened and made me roll my eyes a little.
overall, I thought this was a solid feminist read and would be especially great for teen girls to read.
