A classic that was first published in the year 2000 and is still enthralling young adults and older readers around the world. In Christendom, there also began to develop a widespread fear of witchcraft, which was believed to be Satanic in nature.

Marianne Curley certainley has alot of talent,and this novel has to be one of the best books I've read! It was not until my mid-thirties, while teaching office studies and computers to adults at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus that I began to think seriously about writing. When Jarrod Thornton, the new kid at School, walks into the classroom, Kate is mesmerised by him, and has no idea why. I picked it up in the young adult's section and I thought it would be some random, weird fiction novel, but I bought it anyway.There are a number of authors and books that have helped build my reading preferences, but “Old Magic” is the book that created my preference of Young Adult fiction. Two Greek magical papyri in the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden: a photographic edition of J384 and J395 (=PGM XII and XIII) / edited by Robert W. Soon, grimoires appeared that involved Catholic saints; one example that appeared during the 19th century, and became relatively popular—particularly in Spain—was the Libro de San Cipriano, or The Book of St.

Her instincts are proven correct a few minutes later when, bullied by his classmates, Jarrod unknowingly conjures up a freak thunderstorm "inside" their classroom.To save their future, Jarrod and Kate embark on an incredible journey to the past where they must foil the curse that has plagued Jarrod’s family for centuries. Besides, the whole community knew the truth anyway—that Karen Warren had given birth to a bouncing baby girl at the ripe old age of fifteen years and three months.