A Kind of Spark

By Elle McNicoll

Book Overview

Perfect for readers of Song for a Whale and Counting by 7s, a neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different.

A must-read for students and adults alike. -School Library Journal, Starred Review

Ever since Ms. Murphy told us about the witch trials that happened centuries ago right here in Juniper, I can't stop thinking about them. Those people weren't magic. They were like me. Different like me.

I'm autistic. I see things that others do not. I hear sounds that they can ignore. And sometimes I feel things all at once. I think about the witches, with no one to speak for them. Not everyone in our small town understands. But if I keep trying, maybe someone will. I won't let the witches be forgotten. Because there is more to their story. Just like there is more to mine.

Award-winning and neurodivergent author Elle McNicoll delivers an insightful and stirring debut about the European witch trials and a girl who refuses to relent in the fight for what she knows is right.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593374258
• ISBN13: 9780593374252
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Such a special story

From the very first page, I was brought back to being a child and a teacher yelling at me for who knows what (probably that I was neurodivergent). I wish I had a book like this as a child, and I wish I had sisters like Addie. This is such a special story. The author manages to say in such a unique and accurate way what it's like to walk through the world being different. I am so excited to read Keedie's book.