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Reference for Students

Witches. By Rachel Lynette. Detroit, Mich.: Kidhaven Press Thomson Gale, 2007. 1 vol. 48 p. $26.20. ISBN 10: 0-7377-3643-7; 13: 978-0-7377-3643-4.

In this book, we learn Wicca is one of the world’s fastest-growing religions, with thousands of members, and that Wiccans continue to be persecuted and misunderstood. A witch school has been opened in Hoopestown, a small town in Illinois. Started on the Internet, they have a student body of 100,000 from all over the world. Regular classes are held onsite at the school and visitors are welcome.