"Rooted in South African history, this powerful page-turner reels with magic, witches, and female rage as resistance"
May 2022 YA Book of the Month
Taking in the trauma of enslavement and apartheid, Mary Watson’s Blood to Poison is a uniquely bold and gripping Cape Town-set thriller that melds contemporary life and history with a parallel magical city — a world of furious witches and practitioners of magic who hide in plain sight. A world in which a 17-year-old young woman harnesses her rage to transcend a family curse.
Savannah’s curse has been passed through her family’s female bloodline for generations, originating with Hella, “who had been enslaved, forced to work for a cruel family. Her anger grew until one day, it exploded out of her”. Hella cursed the family to “die before you have fully lived.” And now one woman in every generation of Savannah’s family is destined to die young, with anger exploding from them in the months before they’re due to die.
Some of Savannah’s aunts have noticed the rage rising in her, the tell-tale marks on her skin. And then she encounters the witches from the curse story that lives in her bones…
Savannah’s furious fight to transcend the curse is visceral and ablaze with elemental power, and Blood to Poison strikes a perfect balance between showing rage as a form of resistance and telling a gripping story of self-discovery.
Seventeen-year-old Savannah is cursed. It's a sinister family heirloom; passed down through the bloodline for hundreds of years, with one woman in every generation destined to die young. The family call them Hella's girls, named for their ancestor Hella; the enslaved woman with whom it all began. Hella's girls are always angry, especially in the months before they die.
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Seventeen-year-old Savannah is cursed. It's a sinister family heirloom; passed down through the bloodline for hundreds of years, with one woman in every generation destined to die young.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Blood to Poison and determined it is suitable for children aged 13-18 years old
Blood to Poison features in the following genres: Books of the Month, Recommendations, Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Featured Books for Young Adults, Historical Fiction, PSHE: Family Issues, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Thrillers, Adventure Stories, Featured Books for 13+ readers
Paperback. £7.19, down from the £7.99 cover price. In Stock.
Blood to Poison was written by Mary Watson and published by Bloomsbury YA an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Blood to Poison has 384 pages
£7.19, reduced from £7.99. In Stock.
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