What main characters does the prologue introduce? How does it create atmosphere? Why do you think the author chose to include it instead of just starting with chapter one?Ģ. Discuss the prologue and how it foreshadows important parts of the story, citing specific connections. How can Rosie and her friends defeat them? Rosie, who loves to write stories of magic, must turn to her greatest strength to save herself and her mother from total destruction.ġ. But the Memory Thief and her powerful companion witches hate humans. With the help of Ebb, a fourteen-year-old ghost, the girls scheme to remove the curse. Rosie and her best friend, Germ, can suddenly see ghosts in Rosie’s house and around their small Maine town. Why doesn’t Rosie’s mother remember her own daughter? Why doesn’t she hug Rosie or laugh with her? After years of being sad about it, twelve-year-old Rosie learns that a witch called the Memory Thief cursed her mother long ago. The knowledge of her beloved stories is an arsenal in this world, but to unlock their power, Rosie must dare to have hope and believe in herself in the face of daunting odds. Here, words are weapons against the darkness, and witch hunters are those brave enough to wield their imaginations in the face of the unthinkable.

In her quest to save her mom-and with her wild, loyal friend “Germ” by her side-Rosie will find the layers hidden under the reality she only thought she knew: where ghosts linger as shades of the past, where clouds witness the world, and a ladder dangles from the moon leading to something bigger and more. And it is this witch who has cursed Rosie’s mother. One of these witches-the Memory Thief-holds an insidious power to steal our most precious treasures: our memories. Then, on the night Rosie decides to throw her stories away forever, an invisible ally helps her discover the Witch Hunter’s Guide to the Universe, a book that claims that all of the evil in the world stems from thirteen witches who are unseen.but also unstoppable. All her life, Rosie has known this.and turned to stories for comfort.

Twelve-year-old Rosie Oaks’s mom is missing whatever it is that makes mothers love their daughters. Perfect for fans of The Girl Who Drank the Moon, this fantastical and heartfelt first book in a new trilogy from critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author Jodi Lynn Anderson follows a girl who must defeat thirteen evil witches. “This expertly crafted story thrums with magic, love, and tense action.” - Booklist (starred review)

The memory thief by jodi lynn anderson