The Challenge Box

The girls and others are shown a strange box. It's a challenge box, containing paper with challenges on it that each person has to do before they can be fully initiated as a witch.

Kate's challenge is “Answer the question that has no answer.” Zen, basically. Kate is worried she won't complete her challenge. She is also failing science class. Kate is given a chance to do a makeup for the experiment she failed, but she has to work with Sherrie again. Kate is also told she is not allowed to go to New Orleans with the others.

Cooper's challenge is “Face the thing you fear the most.”

Sasha heard from Mallory (from the last book) and she's doing quite well.

Annie's challenge was “Give away your most precious possession.”

Annie finally gets to meet her sister Juliet in person. Annie and Cooper see various places in New Orleans and learn about various things related to voodoo. Cooper goes into a restaurant where a man is playing the blues on his guitar.

Annie figures out what her challenge means, and she doesn't like it at all. Kate has to meet with a priest at her church. The priest tells her she needs to find her own path.

All three girls manage to get their challenges done to one degree or another, yet when the initiation conference is held, only two of the girls are scheduled for initiation; the other is told she is not yet ready.

Very good story; I particularly liked the sections about New Orleans. Also, there was such a person as Marie Laveau who was a “voodoo queen,” although the legends between who did what, her or her daughter Marie II, get to be somewhat murky.

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