Stolen by Vivian Vande Velde

Book review by Mrs. Szymczak

The villagers are on a witch hunt. The old witch of the woods is blamed for the disappearance of six-year-old Isabelle and her one-month-old baby sister. They burn down the witch’s house but find no trace of any humans in the ruins. Then a young girl turns up with no memory of herself. She does not even know her own name, or where she where she comes from, or where she is now. Then she is claimed as the long lost Isabelle by Mady, her “mother”. While her “mother” believes her to be her daughter, her older “sister” Honey does not. Find out who Isabelle really is, why Honey tries to harm her, and what the witch decides to do about both girls. Magic is a big part of the witch’s plan.