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* OverProtectiveDad: Val's dad has been like this since his wife left him and Val entered her Goth phase while wanting to explore Wicca. He's really strict on her, though he did allow her to have Monty.
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* AdultFear:
** Val's dad has a lot of this, what with his wife running off and Val becoming aloof and wearing Goth clothing.
** G-ma has a lot for Cilla; that's why she's so tough on her granddaughter and strict.
** Val's dad has a lot of this, what with his wife running off and Val becoming aloof and wearing Goth clothing.
** G-ma has a lot for Cilla; that's why she's so tough on her granddaughter and strict.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Mother Faith and Emilio tell Cilla this, [[spoiler: Mother Faith about Cilla's courage to prove Val's innocence]], Emilio about Cilla's ability in soccer.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Mother Faith and Emilio tell Cilla this, [[spoiler: Mother Faith about Cilla's courage to prove Val's innocence]], Emilio about Cilla's ability in soccer.soccer.
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Cilla after years of traveling with her family has been grounded in the United States, with her ControlFreak of a grandmother. She feels she has no control over her life. That changes when the local Goth sees Cilla reading a grimoire, and invites her to the local coven. Add in an advanced English class performing TheScottishPlay, with each student to interpret their character uniquely, and Cilla soon finds herself exploring old and new traditions, while fending off a current threat to her exploration.
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Cilla after years of traveling with her family has been grounded in the United States, with her ControlFreak of a grandmother. She feels she has no control over her life. That changes when the local Goth sees Cilla reading a grimoire, and invites her to the local coven. Add in an advanced English class performing TheScottishPlay, [[{{Theatre/Macbeth}} The Scottish Play]], with each student to interpret their character uniquely, and Cilla soon finds herself exploring old and new traditions, while fending off a current threat to her exploration.
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* TheScottishPlay: It appears, and this trope is discussed.
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* TheScottishPlay: It TheScottishTrope: [[{{Theatre/Macbeth}} The original play]] appears, and this trope is discussed.
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* BigFishInTinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school where soccer is the only sport with scholarships and career opportunities.
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* NormalFishInATinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school where soccer is the only sport with scholarships and career opportunities.
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* OverProtectiveDad: Val's dad has been like this since his wife left him and Val entered her Goth phase while wanting to explore Wicca. He's really strict on her, though he did allow her to have Monty.
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* BigFishTinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school where soccer is the only sport with scholarships and career opportunities.
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* BigFishTinyPond: BigFishInTinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school where soccer is the only sport with scholarships and career opportunities.
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** Trey [[spoiler: does get suspended for his prank and will likely have it marked on his permanent record, but he's welcomed back to school without too much dislike.]]
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** Trey [[spoiler: does get suspended for his prank and will likely have it marked on his permanent record, but he's welcomed back to school without too much dislike. He could've easily been arrested for bringing a homemade bomb, even if it was Diet Coke and Mentors to a school event.]]
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* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Trey and Alyssa with their prank involving a homemade Coke and Mentos bomb and Val's snake.]] They go too far, and both of them realize it [[spoiler: after they have a NearVillainVictory and Val informs Alyssa that Monty nearly drowned]]. Cilla is not impressed, though she accepts them being EasilyForgiven.
* TheScottishPlay: It appears, and this trope is discussed. As she gets more acclimated, however,
* TheScottishPlay: It appears, and this trope is discussed. As she gets more acclimated, however,
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* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Trey and Alyssa with their prank involving a homemade Coke and Mentos bomb and Val's snake.]] They go too far, and both of them realize it [[spoiler: after they have a NearVillainVictory and Val informs Alyssa that Monty nearly drowned]]. Cilla is not impressed, though she accepts them being EasilyForgiven.
EasilyForgiven by [[spoiler: Val and Emilio respectively]].
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* TheScottishPlay: It appears, and this trope is discussed.
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* ShownTheirWork: The author accurately depicts Wiccan practices, organic produce growing, kefir cultivation, Mexican culture, and religious history, not necessarily in that order. She also digs into Turkish roots for certain scenes.
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** Val's dad has a lot of this, what with his wife running off and Val becoming aloof and wearing Goth clothing.
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** The reason why G-ma goes to church with fundamentalist Christians? When [[spoiler: her husband, Cilla's grandfather, died, all the neighbors pitched in to help her raise her child and move through her grief.]]
* BigFishTinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school.
* BigFishTinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school.
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** The reason why G-ma goes to church with fundamentalist Christians? conservative Christian nieghbors? When [[spoiler: her husband, Cilla's grandfather, died, all the neighbors pitched in to help her raise her child and move through her grief.]]
* BigFishTinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school.]]
* BigFishTinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school.
* BigFishTinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school where soccer is the only sport with scholarships and career opportunities.
* CharacterWitness:
** Mother Faith is one for [[spoiler: Val and Cilla]] when she comes to the Macbeth play to talk to [[spoiler: G-ma about how Wicca isn't the same as black magic.]]
** [[spoiler: G-ma]] in turn is one to Mother Faith; [[spoiler: they attended Walmart protests together and Mother Faith attends church.]]
* CharacterWitness:
** Mother Faith is one for [[spoiler: Val and Cilla]] when she comes to the Macbeth play to talk to [[spoiler: G-ma about how Wicca isn't the same as black magic.]]
** [[spoiler: G-ma]] in turn is one to Mother Faith; [[spoiler: they attended Walmart protests together and Mother Faith attends church.]]
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** G-ma is strict about alternative thinking like Wicca is because she got badly burned during the 1960s, with [[spoiler: her husband dying from poisoned LSD and leaving her a single parent.]]
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** G-ma is strict about alternative thinking like Wicca is because she got badly burned from an alternative lifestyle during the 1960s, with [[spoiler: her husband dying from poisoned LSD and leaving her a single parent.]]]]
* DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: Cilla after a lifetime of traveling from place to place and then being forced to settle down with her grandmother and AnnoyingYoungerSibling wants to find out what she's good at and what her inner power is. She wants to win the Macbeth contest so as to prove to her family and herself that she has a purpose.
* DesperatelySeekingAPurposeInLife: Cilla after a lifetime of traveling from place to place and then being forced to settle down with her grandmother and AnnoyingYoungerSibling wants to find out what she's good at and what her inner power is. She wants to win the Macbeth contest so as to prove to her family and herself that she has a purpose.
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Monty, Val's snake]], suffers this in the climax. [[spoiler: After nearly drowning in the witch's cauldron and exploded out of it, he scurries off in a fright outside. Val goes into HeroicBSOD, since at best Monty is alive but lost forever, and at worst a hawk eats them. She only recovers when Alyssa finds Monty and returns him.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: And Cilla earns it. [[spoiler: After saving Val from a FrameUp and admitting to her grandmother that she has joined a coven, they manage to find a compromise that lets her and Val attend the coven and the church's youth group. Cill also gets the boy.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: And Cilla earns it. [[spoiler: After saving Val from a FrameUp and admitting to her grandmother that she has joined a coven, they manage to find a compromise that lets her and Val attend the coven and the church's youth group. Cill Cilla also gets the boy.]]
* EasilyForgiven:
** Cilla doesn't comment on [[spoiler: Alyssa nearly getting Monty drowned]], but [[spoiler: Val and Alyssa make up after Alyssa finds Monty outside and reunites him with Val. Alyssa is also allowed to share the Macbeth prize with Val the day she gets back from suspension.]]
** Trey [[spoiler: does get suspended for his prank and will likely have it marked on his permanent record, but he's welcomed back to school without too much dislike.]]
* EasilyForgiven:
** Cilla doesn't comment on [[spoiler: Alyssa nearly getting Monty drowned]], but [[spoiler: Val and Alyssa make up after Alyssa finds Monty outside and reunites him with Val. Alyssa is also allowed to share the Macbeth prize with Val the day she gets back from suspension.]]
** Trey [[spoiler: does get suspended for his prank and will likely have it marked on his permanent record, but he's welcomed back to school without too much dislike.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Val suffers one [[spoiler: after Trey's prank leads to Monty having a DisneyDeath]].
** Emilio argues that Trey has these. We only have hints onscreen of this.
* LickedByTheDog: PlayedWith, since in this case the "dog" is actually a tiny python named Monty. Val's genuine affection for him, however, shows that she is really compassionate.
* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome:
** Whatever happened during [[spoiler: Trey's period of suspension, whether it was his dad giving him the riot act or Emilio serving as a MoralityChain, so that he TookALevelInKindness.]]
** Whatever happened during [[spoiler: Trey's period of suspension, whether it was his dad giving him the riot act or Emilio serving as a MoralityChain, so that he TookALevelInKindness.]]
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** Alyssa gets this when her [[spoiler: actions in framing Val nearly drown Monty, as Val informs her; '''desert''' snakes and water do not mix.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labels people.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labels people.
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** Alyssa gets this when her [[spoiler: actions in framing Val nearly drown Monty, as Val informs her; '''desert''' ''desert'' snakes and water do not mix.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labels people. The more CharacterDevelopment she gets, the more often she calls people by their real names.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Discussed during [[spoiler: Monty's DisneyDeath]] by Cilla and Val's dad, while Val is in HeroicBSOD. [[spoiler: Then subverted when Alyssa redeems herself in finding Monty.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Trey and Alyssa with their prank involving a homemade Coke and Mentos bomb and Val's snake.]] They go too far, and both of them realize it [[spoiler: after they have a NearVillainVictory and Val informs Alyssa that Monty nearly drowned]]. Cilla is not impressed, though she accepts them being EasilyForgiven.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labels people. The more CharacterDevelopment she gets, the more often she calls people by their real names.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Discussed during [[spoiler: Monty's DisneyDeath]] by Cilla and Val's dad, while Val is in HeroicBSOD. [[spoiler: Then subverted when Alyssa redeems herself in finding Monty.]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: Trey and Alyssa with their prank involving a homemade Coke and Mentos bomb and Val's snake.]] They go too far, and both of them realize it [[spoiler: after they have a NearVillainVictory and Val informs Alyssa that Monty nearly drowned]]. Cilla is not impressed, though she accepts them being EasilyForgiven.
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* YouAreBetteThanYouThinkYouAre: Mother Faith and Emilio tell Cilla this, [[spoiler: Mother Faith about Cilla's courage to prove Val's innocence]], Emilio about Cilla's ability in soccer.
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* YouAreBetteThanYouThinkYouAre: YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Mother Faith and Emilio tell Cilla this, [[spoiler: Mother Faith about Cilla's courage to prove Val's innocence]], Emilio about Cilla's ability in soccer.
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Cilla after years of traveling with her family has been grounded in the United States, with her ControlFreak of a grandmother. She feels she has no control over her life. That changes when the local Goth sees Cilla reading a grimoire, and invites her to the local coven. \n Add in an advanced English class performing TheScottishPlay, with each student to interpret their character uniquely, and Cilla soon finds herself exploring old and new traditions, while fending off a current threat to her exploration.
* TheAce: Emilio is one; he is an excellent student, a talented artist, and a qualified soccer player.
* BigFishTinyPond: Referenced in the story, about Trey as an athlete at an academic charter school.
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* TheScottishPlay: It appears, and this trope is discussed.
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* TheScottishPlay: It appears, and this trope is discussed. As she gets more acclimated, however,
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Mother Faith is one at the coven, which is good because she understands why some coven members sneak out but still believes in giving people chances.
** G-ma is also revealed to be one, [[spoiler: even though she's upset when Cilla tells her about the coven, she believes her granddaughter about Trey pulling a prank and tries to put a stop to it]].
* SeriousBusiness: For Trey, soccer. [[spoiler: Hence why he gets "carried away" with his prank, as Emilio puts it.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Emilio [[spoiler: warns Cilla of Trey's prank, though he doesn't know the details, despite being seen as a possible accomplice in the prank. Cilla does at first accuse him of the latter, but she quickly realizes that's not the case.]]
* YouAreBetteThanYouThinkYouAre: Mother Faith and Emilio tell Cilla this, [[spoiler: Mother Faith about Cilla's courage to prove Val's innocence]], Emilio about Cilla's ability in soccer.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
** Mother Faith is one at the coven, which is good because she understands why some coven members sneak out but still believes in giving people chances.
** G-ma is also revealed to be one, [[spoiler: even though she's upset when Cilla tells her about the coven, she believes her granddaughter about Trey pulling a prank and tries to put a stop to it]].
* SeriousBusiness: For Trey, soccer. [[spoiler: Hence why he gets "carried away" with his prank, as Emilio puts it.]]
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Emilio [[spoiler: warns Cilla of Trey's prank, though he doesn't know the details, despite being seen as a possible accomplice in the prank. Cilla does at first accuse him of the latter, but she quickly realizes that's not the case.]]
* YouAreBetteThanYouThinkYouAre: Mother Faith and Emilio tell Cilla this, [[spoiler: Mother Faith about Cilla's courage to prove Val's innocence]], Emilio about Cilla's ability in soccer.
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* AcademicAthlete: Emilio is revealed to be one.
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* AcademicAthlete: Emilio is revealed to be one. Trey's father wants Trey to be this, but so far it's not the case.
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* AlphaBitch: "Queen Bee," aka Alyssa.
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* AlphaBitch: "Queen Bee," aka Alyssa. [[spoiler: After nearly getting Monty drowned and then finding him outside, she [[TookALevelInKindness and Val forgive each other]] and become friends again.]]
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* AcademicAthlete: Emilio is revealed to be one.
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* ComingOfAgeStory: Cilla studies Wicca to study her inner power, and to learn how to understand the world.
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* ComingOfAgeStory: Cilla studies Wicca to study her inner power, and to learn how to understand the world. She undergoes CharacterDevelopment while finding both and bonding with her grandmother.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Downplayed, but Cilla does get easily distracted when Emilio is in the vicinity.
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* EntitledToHaveYou: Trey because of this is NotGoodWithRejection when Val turned him down for a date.
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* EntitledToHaveYou: Trey because of this is NotGoodWithRejection when Val turned him down for a date. It's why he makes fun of her for dressing like a Goth.
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** Val aka "the Goth" is more than an outsider, {{Tsundere}} and a closet Wiccan: she gets excellent grades, befriends Cilla when the latter is adjusting to her new life, watches Monty Python, and makes an effort to not hurt anyone or cause harm to them.
** Emilio is more than the cute Latin American boy that plays soccer and shows an interest in organic foods, helping out his mom with her grocery store; he also wants to study Wicca to connect with his own grandmother, a ''curandera'' in Mexico.
* JockDadNerdSon: Inverted; Trey's dad is into academics, studying and working hard while Trey has a strong passion for soccer.
** Emilio is more than the cute Latin American boy that plays soccer and shows an interest in organic foods, helping out his mom with her grocery store; he also wants to study Wicca to connect with his own grandmother, a ''curandera'' in Mexico.
* JockDadNerdSon: Inverted; Trey's dad is into academics, studying and working hard while Trey has a strong passion for soccer.
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** ZigZagged with Val; on one hand she's joined a coven and no longer cares to be friends with everyone from school, especially after as a teenager setting [[spoiler: Alyssa's hair on fire by accident.]] At the same time, she does not use Wicca for evil or pragmatic purposes and strictly believes in Wiccan belief in LaserGuidedKarma "three-fold" that mandates against evil acts.
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** ZigZagged with Val; on one hand she's joined a coven and no longer cares to be friends with everyone from school, especially after as a teenager setting [[spoiler: Alyssa's hair on fire by accident.]] At the same time, she is rather nice to Cilla, does not use Wicca for evil or pragmatic purposes anything other than spiritual enlightenment and strictly believes in Wiccan belief in LaserGuidedKarma "three-fold" that mandates against evil acts.
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* KickTheDog: Kick the [[spoiler: harmless snake]] in this case. [[spoiler: Alyssa steals Monty]] to help frame Val [[spoiler: on performing night, putting him in a cauldron filled with Mentos and Diet Coke.]] Though she realizes that she's gone too far when Val informs her that [[spoiler: Monty could have drowned.]] Also applies to what she nearly did to Val.
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** Alyssa gets this when her [[spoiler: actions in framing Val nearly drown Monty, as Val informs her; '''desert''' snakes and water do not mix.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labels people.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labels people.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labelspeople.people.
* TheScottishPlay: It appears, and this trope is discussed.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labels
* TheScottishPlay: It appears, and this trope is discussed.
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* AlphaBitch: "Queen Bee," aka Alyssa.
* CynicismCatalyst:
** ZigZagged with Val; on one hand she's joined a coven and no longer cares to be friends with everyone from school, especially after as a teenager setting [[spoiler: Alyssa's hair on fire by accident.]] At the same time, she does not use Wicca for evil or pragmatic purposes and strictly believes in Wiccan belief in LaserGuidedKarma "three-fold" that mandates against evil acts.
** G-ma is strict about alternative thinking like Wicca is because she got badly burned during the 1960s, with [[spoiler: her husband dying from poisoned LSD and leaving her a single parent.]]
** ZigZagged with Val; on one hand she's joined a coven and no longer cares to be friends with everyone from school, especially after as a teenager setting [[spoiler: Alyssa's hair on fire by accident.]] At the same time, she does not use Wicca for evil or pragmatic purposes and strictly believes in Wiccan belief in LaserGuidedKarma "three-fold" that mandates against evil acts.
** G-ma is strict about alternative thinking like Wicca is because she got badly burned during the 1960s, with [[spoiler: her husband dying from poisoned LSD and leaving her a single parent.]]
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* EntitledToHaveYou: Trey because of this is NotGoodWithRejection when Val turned him down for a date.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: And Cilla earns it. [[spoiler: After saving Val from a FrameUp and admitting to her grandmother that she has joined a coven, they manage to find a compromise that lets her and Val attend the coven and the church's youth group. Cill also gets the boy.]]
* EntitledToHaveYou: Trey because of this is NotGoodWithRejection when Val turned him down for adate.date.
* HiddenDepths:
** G-ma at first seems like a ControlFreak who makes it a point to know everything about Cilla's life outside of school, and she only gives Cilla driving lessons so as to watch her while the latter helps with delivering organic vegetables and yogurts. When she and Cilla bond over making kefir, though, G-ma reveals that in her past she [[spoiler: joined a 1960s farm in Tennessee that had a preference for organic and experimentation, and met Cilla's grandfather there. The reason why she's strict and strictly Christian is that her husband died from poisoned LSD, and her Christian neighbors helped care for her and Cilla's mom.]]
* MissingMom: Val's mom went to Los Angeles to pursue her career as an actress. She hasn't appeared since.
* OhCrap:
** Alyssa gets this when her [[spoiler: actions in framing Val nearly drown Monty, as Val informs her; '''desert''' snakes and water do not mix.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labels people.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Trey because of this is NotGoodWithRejection when Val turned him down for a
* HiddenDepths:
** G-ma at first seems like a ControlFreak who makes it a point to know everything about Cilla's life outside of school, and she only gives Cilla driving lessons so as to watch her while the latter helps with delivering organic vegetables and yogurts. When she and Cilla bond over making kefir, though, G-ma reveals that in her past she [[spoiler: joined a 1960s farm in Tennessee that had a preference for organic and experimentation, and met Cilla's grandfather there. The reason why she's strict and strictly Christian is that her husband died from poisoned LSD, and her Christian neighbors helped care for her and Cilla's mom.]]
* MissingMom: Val's mom went to Los Angeles to pursue her career as an actress. She hasn't appeared since.
* OhCrap:
** Alyssa gets this when her [[spoiler: actions in framing Val nearly drown Monty, as Val informs her; '''desert''' snakes and water do not mix.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Cilla is like this with her classmates at first, and the coven uses alternative nicknames for each of their members. Justified as Cilla has always had to move, and she acknowledges that she labels people.
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''Southern Fried Wiccan'' is a 2015 YoungAdult novel by Harry Potter critic Susan Sipal. It does take place in the deep south, but the novel has no actual fantasy in it; it's a ComingOfAge story.
Cilla after years of traveling with her family has been grounded in the United States, with her ControlFreak of a grandmother. She feels she has no control over her life. That changes when the local Goth sees Cilla reading a grimoire, and invites her to the local coven.
!! Tropes for this book include:
* AdultFear:
** G-ma has a lot for Cilla; that's why she's so tough on her granddaughter and strict.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** The reason why G-ma goes to church with fundamentalist Christians? When [[spoiler: her husband, Cilla's grandfather, died, all the neighbors pitched in to help her raise her child and move through her grief.]]
** This is also why Emilio [[spoiler: is friends with Try, a JerkJock.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: Cilla studies Wicca to study her inner power, and to learn how to understand the world.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough:
** Really, Emilio, bringing your best friend who is a JerkJock to a Wicca's coven meeting? WhatWereYouThinking?
** [[spoiler: Trey and Alyssa's prank, which involves a Mentos and diet Coke bomb in the witch's cauldron, and Val's snake Monty. The explosion sets Cilla's hair on fire during the performance, nearly drowns Monty, and causes the audience to panic.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: The reason why Trey pulls [[spoiler: a prank that almost gets Val expelled]]: she turned him down for a date, repeatedly, and he thinks that she and Cilla cursed a soccer game.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Trey because of this is NotGoodWithRejection when Val turned him down for a date.
Cilla after years of traveling with her family has been grounded in the United States, with her ControlFreak of a grandmother. She feels she has no control over her life. That changes when the local Goth sees Cilla reading a grimoire, and invites her to the local coven.
!! Tropes for this book include:
* AdultFear:
** G-ma has a lot for Cilla; that's why she's so tough on her granddaughter and strict.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe:
** The reason why G-ma goes to church with fundamentalist Christians? When [[spoiler: her husband, Cilla's grandfather, died, all the neighbors pitched in to help her raise her child and move through her grief.]]
** This is also why Emilio [[spoiler: is friends with Try, a JerkJock.]]
* ComingOfAgeStory: Cilla studies Wicca to study her inner power, and to learn how to understand the world.
* DidNotThinkThisThrough:
** Really, Emilio, bringing your best friend who is a JerkJock to a Wicca's coven meeting? WhatWereYouThinking?
** [[spoiler: Trey and Alyssa's prank, which involves a Mentos and diet Coke bomb in the witch's cauldron, and Val's snake Monty. The explosion sets Cilla's hair on fire during the performance, nearly drowns Monty, and causes the audience to panic.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: The reason why Trey pulls [[spoiler: a prank that almost gets Val expelled]]: she turned him down for a date, repeatedly, and he thinks that she and Cilla cursed a soccer game.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Trey because of this is NotGoodWithRejection when Val turned him down for a date.
