Witch and Wizard Themes

In the first pages of the book, we open on a cozy family scene: The Allgood family—Wisty, her brother Whit, and their parents—are about to be executed in front of a stadium full of spectators....

They say the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, and this idea applies to Witch and Wizard in two important ways. The first is that the oppressive government, the New Order, uses fear to ke...

For many of us, the high school years are when we start to really figure out who we are. In Witch and Wizard, teenagers Whit and Wisty are in the middle of this process when they get some big news...

Where there are witches and wizards, there is magic—that much is clear. What's more confusing is exactly how that magic works. In Witch and Wizard, Whit and Wisty don't discover their abilities...

At first glance, the power dynamics in Witch and Wizard seem straightforward. The One Who Is The One is all-powerful and he controls the government. Whit and Wisty are two teenagers who are just l...

In the City of Progress, the New Order's model city, no one chews gum, dogs have been trained to use litter boxes inside, and everyone looks alike. That's because the N.O.'s regime runs on rules a...

Whit and Celia are in L-U-V in Witch and Wizard. The only problem? Celia died about three months ago. She's currently a Half-light, which means she can only make short trips into the Overworld, wh...

At fifteen and seventeen, respectively, we can assume that Wisty and Whit are going through a lot of personal changes as they transform into adults. On top of all that, they're just realizing they...