| Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials Contributor(s): Aronson, Marc (Author), Anderson, Stephanie (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1416903151 ISBN-13: 9781416903154 Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: Acclaimed historian Aronson sifts through the facts, myths, half-truths, and theories about the witch trials in 1692 Salem, Massachusetts, to present a vivid narrative of one of the most compelling mysteries in American history. Illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods |
| Dewey: 133.430 |
| LCCN: 2006271772 |
| Lexile Measure: 1180 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.62" W x 8.26" (0.58 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 74603 Reading Level: 8.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. In a plain meetinghouse a woman stands before her judges. The accusers, girls and young women, are fervent and overexcited. The accused is a poor, unpopular woman who had her first child before she was married. As the trial proceeds the girls begin to wail, tear their clothing, and scream that the woman is hurting them. Some of them expose wounds to the horrified onlookers, holding out the pins that have stabbed them -- pins that appeared as if by magic. Are they acting or are they really tormented by an unseen evil? Whatever the cause, the nightmare has begun: The witch trials will eventually claim twenty-five lives, shatter the community, and forever shape the American social conscience. |
Contributor Bio(s): Aronson, Marc: - Marc Aronson is the acclaimed author of Trapped: How the World Rescued 33 Miners from 2,000 Feet Below the Chilean Desert, which earned four starred reviews. He is also the author of Rising Water and Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado, winner of the ALA's first Robert F. Sibert Award for nonfiction and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. He has won the LMP award for editing and has a PhD in American history from NYU. Marc is a member of the full-time faculty in the graduate program of the Rutgers School of Communication and Information. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his wife, Marina Budhos, and sons. You can visit him online at MarcAronson.com.Anderson, Stephanie: - Stephanie Anderson lives in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Her first picture book was Weaving the Rainbow, by George Ella Lyon, in which her art was praised by Kirkus Reviews as "exquisite." |