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- ↑ Kuznets, Lois R. (1985). ""High Fantasy" in America: A Study of Lloyd Alexander, Ursula LeGuin, and Susan Cooper". The Lion and the Unicorn. 9: 19–35. doi:10.1353/uni.0.0075. ISSN 1080-6563.
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- ↑ "Greenwitch: Jane's story | Fantasy Literature: Fantasy and Science Fiction Book and Audiobook Reviews" . Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Greenwitch - Book Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. 22 June 2010. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ Davie, Susan (October 1974). "Greenwitch". School Library Journal . 21 (2): 117 – via Education Research Complete.
- ↑ Smith, Karen Patricia (1994). "Susan Cooper: Overview". In Laura Standley Berger (ed.). Twentieth-Century Young Adult Writers. Detroit: St. James Press.