Wildseed Witch, Marti Dumas
Wildseed Witch, Marti Dumas
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Wildseed Witch

Author: Marti Dumas

Narrator: Channie Waites

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/10/2022


Synopsis

A fun middle-grade contemporary fantasy with an all-BIPOC cast, about a social-media-loving tween who gets sent to an ultra-private witch camp

Hasani’s post-seventh-grade summer to-do list is pretty simple: get a bigger following for her makeup YouTube channel and figure out how to get her parents back together. What she does NOT expect is that an emotional outburst will spark a latent magical ability in her. Or that the magic will be strong enough to attract the attention of witches. Or that before she can say #BlackGirlMagic, she’ll be shipped off on a scholarship to a fancy finishing school for talented young ladies.

Les Belles Demoiselles is a literal charm school. Here, generations of young ladies from old-money witch families have learned to harness their magic, and alumnae grow to become some of the most powerful women across industries, including politicians, philanthropists, CEOs, entrepreneurs—and yes, even social media influencers. Needless to say, admission to the school is highly coveted, very exclusive...and Hasani sticks out like a weed in a rose bouquet.

While the other girls have always known they were destined to be witches, Hasani is a Wildseed—a stray witch from a family of non-witches, with no background knowledge, no way to control her magic, and a lot to catch up on. "Wildseed" may be an insult that the other girls throw at her, but Wildseeds are more powerful than they know. And Hasani will learn that there are ways to use magic and thrive that can never be taught in a classroom.

Reviews

This wasn't quite what I expected, but I ended up really liking it. Because Wildseed Witch might get marketed alongside other magic Black girl books like Amari and the Night Brothers, it's worth noting that this is a very different sort of book. Less whimsical magic school that feels like another wo......more

Goodreads review by Katrina on October 20, 2021

Wildseed Witch by Marti Dumas is a middle grade coming of age story about a girl named Hasani. She doesn't know that she is a witch until she gets invited to a charm school for young witches. This book touched on so many things that young modern girls go through. From finding where you fit in to try......more

Goodreads review by Ms. Woc Reader on April 14, 2022

Wildseed Witch will inevitably get compared to other magic school books by authors of color like Amari and the Night Brothers but I can truly say that other than having Black leads they're nothing alike. And that's not a bad thing at all just don't set your expectations going into this expecting a b......more

Goodreads review by Lee (Books With Lee) on February 14, 2023

3.5 stars......more