Once a Witch by Carolyn McCullough

by Mrs. Stanley's Bookshelf

Posted on November 6, 2012

BHS Library has ebooks available for students now.  Once a Witch is the first ebooks I've read from our library.  It is a fast-paced read that is sure to keep your attention.  I enjoyed it, but I would have liked it to be a little more detailed in some areas.  I know this is a series though, so I'm hoping that some areas will be cleared up and detailed more in the next books.

Tamsin Greene comes from a long line of powerful witches.  Each member of her family has a special Talent that manifested itself before the person reached the age of 8.  Unfortunately for Tamsin, this never came to pass, eventhough at her birth, her grandmother predicted that she would be one of the strongest witches ever.  Tamsin has always felt like a failure and an outsider to her family, so when a mysterious professor comes into her grandmother's book store asking for her help in finding a lost object, she fails to tell him that she is not her talented sister, Rowena.  Her omission sets off a chain of deadly events that puts her family in danger, and causes Tamsin to take a trip back in time with the help of her friend, Gabriel.