Molly Knox Ostertag

From the illustrator of the web comic Strong Female Protagonist comes a debut middle-grade graphic novel about family, identity, courage -- and magic. In thirteen-year-old Aster's family, all the girls are raised to be witches, while boys grow up to be shapeshifters. Anyone who dares cross those lines is exiled. Unfortunately for Aster, he still hasn't shifted . . . and he's still fascinated by witchery, no matter how forbidden it might be.When a...

From the creator of the acclaimed graphic novel The Witch Boy comes a new adventure set in the world of magic and shapeshifting -- and ordinary kids just trying to make friends. Aster and his family are adjusting to his unconventional talent for witchery; unlike the other boys in his family, he isn't a shapeshifter. He's taking classes with his grandmother and helping to keep an eye on his great-uncle whose corrupted magic wreaked havoc on the family.Meanwhile,...

Charris, Trinh and Ursa are apprentice mages on their first mission-to venture out of their guild through desolate forests, and respond to the cry for help of a healer from a nearby town. The robotic Surrogate isn't the only danger this forest holds-they also have to contend with marauding magical beasts! But these three are always getting on each other's nerves or in each other's way. How will they ever learn to fight as a team?

The apprentice mages are in way over their heads-they're in the clutches of a cult leader and her hive-mind minions, in the middle of a desert and far from their guild. Can Charris's formidable weather magic, Trinh's curse-breaking, and Ursa's charmed tongue save the day? These girls will have to trust and rely on each other if they're going to take down the Priestess for good!