Did you hear what happened in Salem? : the witch trials of 1692 / by Katie Kennedy ; illustrated by Nick Thornborrow.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1692. When the first girl fell down screaming, the people of Salem Village thought it might just be silliness. Then a second girl started barking. A third and fourth began to shake uncontrollably. A doctor said "an evil hand" had come upon the girls, and everyone knew: They were bewitched. But who were the witches? Everyone knew that too: the unprotected residents of Salem--the poor, the elderly, the ones who were a little bit strange. Soon more girls were having fits and naming people as witches. The village erupted in accusations, suspicion, and fear. By the time the witch trials ended, dozens of lives had been ruined, and twenty people were dead. And I saw it all. With a snarky and surprising first-person narrator -- a historical figure that played a major role in events -- acclaimed writer Katie Kennedy offers a fresh new take on the greatest true-crime story in American history. Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781523530045
- ISBN: 1523530049
- ISBN: 9781523530052
- ISBN: 1523530057
- Physical Description: [xi], 179 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Workman Publishing,a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc., [2025]
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes recipe.Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-179).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Who's who -- Introduction -- The girls who cried witch -- Let them eat witch cake -- A web of relationships -- Good and "evil" (and Osborne) -- Tituba's tales of tails -- Putnam in pursuit -- Biting, bewitching, and blashphemy -- Like mother, like daughter -- Cat scratch fever -- A family under fire -- Here a witch, there a witch, everywhere a witch -- Liar, liar, shuffleboard on fire -- Accusations, afflictions, and arrests -- Dog gone -- Trials begin at last -- Guilty until proven guilty -- More executions -- A pressing matter -- A tragic legacy -- Salem's echoes -- Roll call of the dead -- How to bake a witch cake.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | JUV 133.4 KEN (Text) | 37810435639389 | Juvenile New Nonfiction | Available | - |
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