March 3, 2013
Rejected by Magic
A Review of Erin Bow’s Plain Kate (Scholastic Inc., 2012) By Derek Newman-Stille In a world where magic is real and witches are hunted, Erin Bow’s Plain Kate explores society’s trend of scapegoating people who are different, making villains out of people who don’t fit the ideas of normal behaviour. Plain Kate is a woman whose appearance is plain, but...