Historical Fiction

We Ride Upon Sticks

by Quan Barry

The 1989 Danvers Falcons field hockey team will stop at nothing to reach the state finals—even if it means dabbling in dark powers. Set in the Massachusetts town infamous for the 1692 witch trials, this ensemble novel captures the fervor of teenage ambition against a backdrop of scrunchies, Slurpees, and supernatural possibility. Barry conjures both the mundane magic of female friendship and something far more sinister.

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