num_pages: 209
description: Johnny Gow is the witch's thorn, whose influence poisons the lives of everyone he touches in the sleepy New Zealand township of Te Kano. His illegitimate daughter, Bethel Jury, suffers perhaps most of all. After the death of her grandmother, Bethell moves from one family to another. Not until she comes to know the fun-loving and kind-hearted Maori family of Georgie Wi does she finally have a chance to escape her father's curse.
title: The Witch's Thorn
titlecomplete: The Witch's Thorn
genres: Fiction, Drama
ratings_count: 30
publisher: Houghton Mifflin