Witchcraft for Wayward Girls

Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

1. What were your overall impressions of this book’s engagement with the history of women’s reproductive rights in the United States? Did you find any aspects of this history surprising?

2. Which of the girls’ backstories created the most powerful impression for you? What aspects of their plights resonate, and why?

3. Compare this title with The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires (2020), The Final Girl Support Group (2021), How to Sell a Haunted House (2023), or any of Hendrix’s other novels. What points of connection and common themes can be found across Hendrix’s works?

Encourage readers to connect the book’s themes and characters with their personal experiences.

1. Reflect on Fern, Rose, and Zinnia’s experiences with forced adoption. How are their plights relevant to modern-day social issues that you have come across in your own experience?

2. Do you know anyone who was adopted or who gave up their child for adoption? How did their experience compare to those depicted in the novel?

3. How are family responses to teen pregnancy depicted in the novel?