| 词条 | The Witches of Worm |
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| name = The Witches of Worm | title_orig = | translator = | image = The Witches of Worm cover.jpg | caption = First edition cover | author = Zilpha Keatley Snyder | illustrator = Alton Raible | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Young adult novel | publisher = Atheneum Books | pub_date = 1 June 1972 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print | pages = 192 pp | isbn = 0-689-30066-2 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}The Witches of Worm is a 1972 young adult novel by Zilpha Keatley Snyder.[1] It received the Newbery Honor citation in 1973.[2] PlotJessica, a lonely pre-teen girl, finds a blind, almost hairless kitten that she names Worm. A reclusive elderly neighbor, Mrs. Fortune, helps her to wean and raise him. Worm seems to have a terrible hold on Jessica, compelling her to do cruel and destructive things to persons in her life who have upset her. Jessica's victims include her former best friend Brandon and her childish and emotionally distant divorced mother. As Jessica's destructive actions escalate, her mother attempts to send her to counseling, which further enrages and upsets her. Jessica comes to believe that Worm is possessed by a group of witches that includes Mrs. Fortune. When Jessica finds herself contemplating Mrs. Fortune's murder, she realizes she is in danger of going too far, and decides to exorcise Worm herself in order to break his hold over her. After a dramatic exorcism, culminating in a nighttime chase during a bad thunderstorm, Worm becomes a normal cat, and Jessica is reconciled with her mother and Brandon, causing her to think that she not only exorcised Worm but also herself. ReceptionIn a star review Kirkus Reviews wrote "There's some danger that adults will be as spooked by Jessica as she is by Worm's evil eye, but the cat's bewitchment proves a perfect medium for a sensitive, sympathetic probing of a disturbed child's fears and anger -- and for a story that economically, seemingly effortlessly, captures the elusive eeriness of the supernatural."[3] Common Sense Media said "Kids who love a good mystery will eat this one up."[4]ControversyThe book has often been banned[5] from school libraries in the United States because of its focus on the subject of witchcraft, the description of visions or nightmares Jessica experiences, and its protagonist's disturbing inner monologues with Worm/herself. References1. ^Fantastic Fiction {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Witches Of Worm}}{{1970s-ya-novel-stub}}2. ^ALA: Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/zilpha-keatley-snyder/the-witches-of-worm/ |website=www.kirkusreviews.com |title=The Witches of Worm |date=1 September 1972 |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=12 August 2015 }} 4. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/book-reviews/the-witches-of-worm# |website=www.commonsensemedia.org |title=The Witches of Worm |publisher=Common Sense Media Inc. |accessdate=12 August 2015 }} 5. ^From Banned In The U.S.A by Herbert N. Foerstel 7 : 1972 American novels|Witchcraft in written fiction|American young adult novels|Newbery Honor-winning works|Children's novels about animals|1972 children's books|Obscenity controversies in literature |
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