Jacks cleans up roadkill, buries it, and rebuilds their skeletons to sell them on the internet. I don’t know that I’ve ever read a book for children that has such a queer ethos, where the characters are allowed to not only exist on the outskirts of society but find happiness there. This book is not about queerness or transness but seamlessly includes both, and steers away from typical LGBT “lesson” books where the path to fulfillment ends with acceptance rather than some other complex goal. This is a beautiful graphic novel with a unique plot and beautifully illustrated characters. Maybe witches can do good in this world, and maybe Snap could be one of them. As Snap learns more about Jacks and her strange ways, she learns they have more in common than she thought, and that their connection goes back decades. Jacks might be grumpy, but she’s not dangerous. She knows everything there is to know about witches, and this Crocs-wearing senior couldn’t be one of them. When Jacks agrees to help Snap take care of the possums in exchange for assistance with her “work,” Snap isn’t afraid to enter into a deal. That’s what drives Snap to bring a crate of orphaned possums to Jacks’s house, so that the old crone can look after them. In fact, she’s sure Jacks isn’t a witch, since she took care of Snap’s dog when he was injured. Snapdragon-Snap, for short-isn’t afraid of the witch living in her town.
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