| Description |
106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. |
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What was--?
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"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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
"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. |
| Audience |
760 Lexile |
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760 Lexile |
| Audience |
760L Lexile |
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760L Lexile |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 1 177329 |
| Note |
Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 1 177329 |
| Subject |
Trials (Witchcraft) -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- Juvenile literature.
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Witchcraft -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Witch hunting -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Puritans -- Massachusetts -- Salem -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Salem (Mass.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Putra, Dede (Illustrator)
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| ISBN |
9780448479057 |
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0448479052 |
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9781480675483 (Prebind) |
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1480675482 (Prebind) |
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