Grasping at Moonbeams (Brio Girls)

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Summary: An Excellent Scoop on Wicca
Review: Becca's experience in this book is something that every teen should have. Reading this book really gave me the scoop on Wicca. I never really knew what it was before, but now, I'm glad that I'm no part of it. Jane Vogel did a very good job explaining why we shouldn't have anything to do with Wicca. It's shows that following God is the only way to live and that no matter what, fooling around with demons is not ok.

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Summary: APPALED!
Review: I am a big fan of the Brio girls series and feel that it explains issues that teens face in thier lives on a regular basis, with an exception for this book. Grasping at Moonbeams is the series' attempt at explaining Wicca, when two of the main characters, Becca and Solana, inadevertantly find themselves at a Wiccan ceremony. The whole part I didn't get with it was that the girls were so secretive about it. I've met a few Wiccans in my life, and all have confidently explained to me that they are Wiccans, and they have also clarified that they were not Christians by any means. While I feel that Wicca is wrong and goes against God, I did not like the way the group of Wiccans were protrayed in this book. They were portrayed as secretive, evil people. What I did like, however, is how Becca's and Solana's friends approached them after they found out that the two of them were dabbling in Wicca, which is why this book gets two stars.

This book was not as good as the others in part because I couldn't seem to get through it. It does gradually pick up, but what bothered me was how the Wiccans were portrayed. The Bible does say that witchcraft is wrong. But this does not mean that Wiccans are the evil, manipulative people depicted in this book. I do not recommend this book for Christians who want to know more about Wicca.

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Summary: The series has seen better
Review: I am a big fan of the Brio girls series and feel that it explains issues that teens face in thier lives on a regular basis, with an exception for this book. Grasping at Moonbeams is the series' attempt at explaining Wicca, when two of the main characters, Becca and Solana, inadevertantly find themselves at a Wiccan ceremony. The whole part I didn't get with it was that the girls were so secretive about it. I've met a few Wiccans in my life, and all have confidently explained to me that they are Wiccans, and they have also clarified that they were not Christians by any means. While I feel that Wicca is wrong and goes against God, I did not like the way the group of Wiccans were protrayed in this book. They were portrayed as secretive, evil people. What I did like, however, is how Becca's and Solana's friends approached them after they found out that the two of them were dabbling in Wicca, which is why this book gets two stars.

This book was not as good as the others in part because I couldn't seem to get through it. It does gradually pick up, but what bothered me was how the Wiccans were portrayed. The Bible does say that witchcraft is wrong. But this does not mean that Wiccans are the evil, manipulative people depicted in this book. I do not recommend this book for Christians who want to know more about Wicca.

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Summary: APPALED!
Review: NOTE: PLEASE READ ALL OF THIS BEFORE YOU JUDGE: I haven't even been able to finish the book, but compared to the other reviews and such, I can tell what is going to happen! This book is straight up bull-crap! I've been studying out of curiosity what Wicca is all about for over 2 years! There is nothing EVIL about it unless you break every rule of being wiccan in the first place! When a "strong christian" writes a book about Wicca, that's the kind of thing that happens! That's why there's a 'be silent' rule in Wicca... that's why there's what's called being 'in the broom closet'. Many wiccans have been descriminated against, beat up, even killed, because of the terrible stereotypes that people throw at them! The only reason that there are actually some people who call themselves wiccans who practice dark magick is because they got into it for power instead of out of curiosity or general interest! I checked out the book from my local library, and I skipped through the middle, to her first circle... I almost choked laughing when Becca said "that's why s*x is supposed to wait until after marriage" or whatever it was that she said... You have BAJILLIONS of US citizens, TONS of which call themselves christians, TONS of those unmarried, and how many of those are virgins? HA! Anyway... There were rumors started in the burning times (shows how perverted some/all of the prosecuters were) saying that when they gathered they would shut out the lights and screw the nearest person, reguardless of age or gender... That is all bull, and those are the kinds of stereotypical rumors that I'm trying to crush! That is my life's mission! lol... If anyone wants some info on what wicca is REALLY about... Try the series "circle of three". It's about a christian girl who has to do a project on the salem witch trials, but her crush is a library TA, so she grabs all the books in the section to get out as fast as possible, and what-do-you-know! There's a book on wicca in there. She, naturally, does a love spell and screws up more than one person's life, then has to seek help, and meets two other people and together they undo what she did and eventually explore the path of a year and a day. That's the term of 'trial membership' for a coven. When joining, you can drop out at any time, or at the end of that time, they can decide if they want you to join. Magick is just energy, there's tons of it out there... Magick is putting it to use.

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Summary: Excellent Job
Review: Okay..whoever wrote that first review-Okay I'm a virgin! I think that this book is so true to what God tells us in the Bible about Wicca. I don't personally know anyone that is a Wiccan, and they might be persecuted as well, but how many countries have it Illegal to be wiccan? I know of None. But Christianity? Let me tell ya, there are so many in Asia, not to mention other continents. Wicca is seriously bad because you are getting into Witchcraft and that is no with a CAPITAL N by God's Standards and I want to be living my life 100% up to God's expectations. I think that the author of this book, Jane Vogul, along with Susie Shellenburger, the editor of Brio mag and the books did an excellent way of interpeting the Bible into an easier way to understand.