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This is an excellent graphic novel about the concept that gender roles shouldn't be cast in stone, especially ones that are about skills or preferences.
In the world of the story, girls can become witches, actual spellcasters, while boys are supposed to learn only specific kinds of magic, like shapeshifting and the skills necessary to fight monsters and demons. Like Tamora Pierce's novels, this challenges those assumptions by showing a boy, Aster, whose real interest and skills are those of a wit ...more
In the world of the story, girls can become witches, actual spellcasters, while boys are supposed to learn only specific kinds of magic, like shapeshifting and the skills necessary to fight monsters and demons. Like Tamora Pierce's novels, this challenges those assumptions by showing a boy, Aster, whose real interest and skills are those of a wit ...more
