The Near Witch - Victoria Schwab Laird Barron Ender's childhood ends the moment

Ender's childhood ends the moment he enters his new home: Battleschool

the compendium acts like research material but reads like a journal and cache of personal notes

And despite Emily’s feelings for Bambleby

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The Near Witch - Victoria Schwab Laird Barron Ender's childhood ends the momentThe Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children. If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company. And there are no strangers in the town of Near. These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger a boy who seems to fade like smoke appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true. The next