Stuart West’s Young Adult novel, Tex, the Witch Boy, is a very engaging murder mystery that takes several unusual turns. Unlike most stories of the supernatural, the monsters are not the evil creatures of the night, but the evil creatures of the high school locker rooms and hallways. Tex and his friends are the outsiders, the loners that have to band together and help each other against brainless beefy bullies who use their athletic gifts to torment and even attempt to kill the story’s heroes. Tex has a very unusual set of skills to apply to the problem. It turns out that he is a witch. And with the help of his witch-mentor, a crazy blue-haired old lady named Mickey, Tex might just be able to solve a murder, save the girl, and help his friends through mysterious magic powers. It is an engaging whodunit that will have you doing what I did, turning back the pages and re-reading to find those clues that I so very cleverly missed altogether. You need to read this book. And if you have a teenager at home, you need to make them read and enjoy it too. Better yet, forbid them to read it. That will help them enjoy it all the more.
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