Maybe There Are Witches

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>After moving to the tiny village of Biskopskulla middle school student Clara Hutchins discovers that her family has a history in the region: one hundred forty years ago one of her ancestors was hanged as a witch from the white oak tree on the edge of town. When Clara finds a mildewed diary in the basement she' s even able to read the rambling thoughts of her long-dead relative. But when the book' s predictions about Clara' s </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>own</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> life start coming true she wonders if those 19th-century villagers had a point: maybe her great-great-great grandmother really </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>did</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> have unearthly abilities. Now a break-in at the tomb of the town' s founder means a great evil has returned to Biskopskulla. Clara and her newest friends-two of the weirdest boys in school-must join forces to decipher the messages of a murdered witch and stop an unnatural catastrophe. But as they quest through historic cemeteries backcountry libraries and high-octane scholastic bowl tournaments something sinister is lurking watching and waiting...</span></p>