April Witch
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Publication Year
2003
ISBN
9780812966886
Pages
432 pages
Genre
supernatural
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Desirée lies in a hospital bed thinking, dreaming. Born severely disabled, she cannot walk or talk, but she has other capabilities. Desirée is an April witch, clairvoyant and omniscient, traveling through time and space into the world denied her. The woman who gave Desirée up at birth subsequently took in three foster daughters, who know nothing of the existence of their fourth “sister.” Sensing that her own time is short, Desirée has decided that one of the others has lived the life she herself deserved. One day, each of the three women receives a mysterious letter that forces her to examine her past and her present—setting in motion a complex fugue of memory, regret, and confrontation that builds to a shattering climax.
Grade Level
9-12; Adult
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Single parent; Foster care; Physical disability; Developmental disability; Neurological disorder; single mother; foster children; foster mother; paralysis; cerebral palsy; seizure disorder; epilepsy; brain damage
Main Character
female teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White (Swedes)
Family Formation
single mother
Keywords
step sisters; fairytale-like; resilience; magic; intelligent; Sweden; hospital
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Azelsson, Majgull and Schenck, Linda, "April Witch" (2003). Diverse Families. 1780.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1780