num_pages: 400
description: An outcast teenage lesbian witch finds her coven hidden amongst the popular girls in her school and performs some seriously badass magic in the process.Skulking near the bottom of West Highs social pyramid Sideways Pike lurks under the bleachers doing magic tricks for Coke bottles. As a witch lesbian and lifelong outsider shes had a hard time making friends. But when the three most popular girls pay her $40 to cast a spell at their Halloween party Sideways gets swept into a new clique. The unholy trinity are dangerous angels sugar-coated rattlesnakes and nowunbelievablySideways best friends.Together the four bond to form a ferocious and powerful coven. They plan parties cast curses on dudebros try to find Sideways a girlfriend and elude the fundamentalist witch hunters hellbent on stealing their magic. But for Sideways the hardest part is the whole having friends thing. Who knew that balancing human interaction with supernatural peril could be so complicated?Rich with the urgency of feral youth The Scapegracers explores growing up and complex female friendship with all the rage of a teenage girl. It subverts the trope of competitive mean girls and instead portrays a mercilessly supportive clique of diverse and vivid characters. It is an atmospheric voice-driven novel of the occult and the first of a three-book series.
language: English
title: The Scapegracers
publisher: Erewhon