{"id":95,"date":"2008-01-19T06:18:46","date_gmt":"2008-01-19T12:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sacredtriskele.net\/?p=95"},"modified":"2008-01-19T06:18:46","modified_gmt":"2008-01-19T12:18:46","slug":"r-teen-witch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacredtriskele.net\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"R – Teen Witch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title<\/strong>: Teen Witch \u2013 Wicca for a New Generation
\nAuthor<\/strong>: Silver RavenWolf
\nPublisher<\/strong>: Llewellyn Publications
\nCopyright\/Release<\/strong>: \u00a9 Silver RavenWolf; 1998
\nISBN<\/strong>: 0-8065-2670-X
\nPages<\/strong>: 251 pp. including front and partial back matter<\/p>\n

Right from the start, I had a feeling I wasn\u2019t going to like this book much. Actually, truth be told, I\u2019ve had it for four years, waiting for review. In fact, I let my teenage brother read it and he didn\u2019t like it either.<\/p>\n

I figured a teen\u2019s perspective would be a good thing, since that\u2019s the target market for this one. Again. Then again, this came first, before the Teen Witch Kit. Not much before, but before. I\u2019m digressing, and I\u2019ll tell you why. I really don\u2019t know where to start picking this one apart. So, let\u2019s get the gloves and the tweezers and have a go.<\/p>\n

I understand the need to grab the eye of the teenage book market. The children on the front of this book look more like porn stars trying to look underage (and yes, they do look like over-developed 10 year olds..I know, I have one!). Not to mention including a \u201crainbow\u201d effect\u2026a black girl, a white boy, what looks to be a native girl, an Asian girl and a white girl. All but the white children look a bit trampy, hence my comment on porn stars. Seriously \u2013 the girl is dressed in overalls and the boy is even wearing a jacket. The rest of them are interestingly dressed in very short skirts or shirts.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know who designed this cover, but really\u2026as a parent, it\u2019s not something I\u2019d purchase my kid, nor would I be impressed in seeing it in their hands. It looks trashy!<\/p>\n

Please be reminded this is coming from someone with what has been described by some as \u201cloose morals.\u201d <\/p>\n

What I found inside the cover was unsurprising, considering the author. Again, it\u2019s basically a flashier version of \u201cTo Ride A Silver Broomstick\u201d. She talks teen, in other words. In several places \u2013 she calls it teenspeak. And at this point, I\u2019m rolling my eyes and wondering how this ever got past the average teen without them feeling like they\u2019re being patronized. I bit my lip, and continued on.<\/p>\n

I have to ask though, how does one become a lineaged author? Oh I know, it was the placement of the comment in the sentence. Still, makes me wonder.<\/p>\n

All in all, it\u2019s just more spells and chatter directed at teens that are seeking witchcraft or paganism as a way of life. She includes a note for parents that frankly, if one of my girls brought me, I\u2019d refuse to allow them to return to her. In another spot, she claims that parents who don\u2019t allow\/understand\/immediately embrace their child\u2019s choice of path are not behaving in an adult manner. <\/p>\n

Where she says to respect the parents\u2019 beliefs, well, I don\u2019t know. I couldn\u2019t find it.<\/p>\n

There are other, more intelligently written books for teens out there. And they don\u2019t generally lead to the purchase of the Teen Witch Kit either.
\n—
\nJodi Lee, aka ierne, is a 20+ year veteran of pagan paths. A single work at home mom, she is currently hard at work on her first novel.
\nhttp:\/\/www.jodilee.ca<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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