--• Witchcraft Trials •--

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Duble, Kathleen Benner – The Sacrifice 
(211 pages) Two sisters, aged ten and twelve, are accused of witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1692 and await trial in a miserable prison while their mother desperately searches for some way to obtain their freedom.  (N)

Hearn, Julie – The Minister’s Daughter
(263 pages) Set in 1645 England, the arrival of a strict minister and his beautiful but cruel daughter change the lives of the local healer and her granddaughter, Nell, forever.  A rousing historical fantasy that spans in time from 1640s England to Salem in the 1690s.  (N)

Rees, Celia – Witch Child  
(261 pages) In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.  (N)

Rinaldi, Ann – A Break with Charity
(257 pages) While waiting for a church meeting in 1706, Susanna English, daughter of a wealthy Salem merchant, recalls the malice, fear, and accusations of witchcraft that tore her village apart in 1692.  (N)

Speare, Elizabeth George – The Witch of Blackbird Pond  
(249 pages) A young woman brought up in Barbados comes to live with her uncle in Connecticut, and finds their Puritan way of life difficult after her unconventional upbringing.  (N)

Key

(N) = Synopsis from NoveList
(K)= Synopsis written by librarian

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