Analysis Of Magic Can Be Murder By Vivian Vande Velde

In the novel entitled,”Magic Can Be Murder”, Vivian Vande Velde is writing about a witch named Nola and her mother trying to survive and them being involved in a murder. Nola and her mother go around looking for places to stay and work, so they travel a lot. They were working for a blackberry farmer. The blackberry farmer was being bad, so Nola kicked him because he was trying to get her. They left to the Haymarket to ask for work like they usually do except they already had workers at the house. One of the workers named Brianna let them work and sleep there. Since Nola was a witch, if she collected hairs she and put them in water, she could see whoever the hair belonged to in real time, so when she was on her break she looked at the blackberry farmer

She saw Kirwyn murder his father. Nola went back to Haymarket to empty out the water she had used to look at the blackberry farmer. She had realized that the master’s murder was all over town. While she was trying to sneak in she decided to transform into Brianna. She made Brianna look like her mother so no one would know that was the real Brianna. The detective named Galvin questioned her about the murder. Then, Nola showed Galvin the house. She went to the room that had the magic water and while she was trying to get rid of the water, she tripped and sprained her ankle. Since she couldn’t move, she answered many questions about the master’s death and tries to imply to Galvin that Kirwyn murdered the master. She couldn’t sleep because if she did the transformation spells would come off. She attempted to escape but she was caught, however, she said she was cleaning the room which they didn't believe. The next day she left her all alone she made a random person look like Brianna so the Galvin and his group could go after them. While they were doing that, Brianna transformed herself to be an old