âAn enthralling fantasy in the Harry Potter tradition.ââ Time magazineâA bewitching new thriller.â â The Wall Street Journal In modern-day England, witches live alongside humans: White witches, who are good; Black witches, who are evil; and sixteen-year-old Nathan, who is both. Nathanâs father is the worldâs most powerful and cruel Black witch, and his mother is dead. He is hunted from all sides. Trapped in a cage, beaten and handcuffed, Nathan must escape before his seventeenth birthday, at which point he will receive three gifts from his father and come into his own as a witchâor else he will die. But how can Nathan find his father when his every action is tracked, when there is no one safe to trustânot even family, not even the girl he loves? In the tradition of Patrick Ness and Markus Zusak, Half Bad is a gripping tale of alienation and the indomitable will to survive, a story that will grab hold of you and not let go until the very last page. Categories: Teen & Young Adult Literature & Fiction Social & Family IssuesViolence
