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Available
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Publication
Penguin Workshop (2015), Edition: Illustrated, 112 pages
Description
"Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hysteria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this sinister chapter in history."-Provided by publisher.
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This was a good factual recounting of the Salem witch trials. Holub does a good job of simplifying for a young adult audience the complexities of the trials. She presents clear descriptions of the various people and events that took place at that time. Holub manages to keep an objective tone as she
This would be a good book for students interested in history. It is also a good choice of book for students interested in witchcraft and the supernatural. It would be a good choice of book for a middle school American history class. It would be a good choice for a beginning study of psychology - middle school level.
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examines the various aspects of the time, the religion, and the politics of Salem.This would be a good book for students interested in history. It is also a good choice of book for students interested in witchcraft and the supernatural. It would be a good choice of book for a middle school American history class. It would be a good choice for a beginning study of psychology - middle school level.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
112 p.; 7.63 inches
ISBN
0448479052 / 9780448479057