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Burgan, Michael

Summary: Vivid storytelling brings American history to life and place readers in the shoes of people who experienced one of the most notorious moments in American history - the Salem Witch Trials. In the spring of 1692, girls in Salem, Massachusetts, accused several local women of witchcraft. The events that followed were marked by mass hysteria and religious extremism and ultimately led to trials,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2019

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 133.4 BUR

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 133.4 BUR

Fitzpatrick, Insha

Summary: "Follow the terrifying events of the 1692 Salem witch trials from the perspective of Tituba, an enslaved woman who was accused of bewitching two girls, Elizabeth Parris and Abigail Williams, during this harrowing, historic period. A story of speculation, mass hysteria, and survival, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into this haunting moment in American history - brought...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 TIT

Loh-Hagan, Virginia

Summary: "Would you have survived the Salem witch trials? Make decisions and tally your score to find out. Written at a lower reading level with considerate text, these high maturity books are sure to grab struggling readers as they engage and play along. Also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Cherry Lake Publishing 2021

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 345.744 LOH

Holub, Joan

Summary: Describes the events of the seventeenth-century Salem witchcraft trials, recounting the most notable cases and discussing the way the trials were conducted.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2015

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 345 HOL

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT US Hist What Holub

Schanzer, Rosalyn.

Summary: Tells the story of the victims, the accused witches, and the scheming officials that turned a mysterious illness into a witch hunt.

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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 345.744 SCH

Light, Kate

Summary: "The Salem witch trials marked one of the darkest moments in U.S. history. In 1692, two young children were accused of being bewitched and were arrested. More than 150 arrests occurred over the next two months, and a special court was created to try the cases. A total of 20 people were found guilty of being witches, and all of them were hanged. Inside this compelling volume, readers are...

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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 345.744 LIG

Aronson, Marc.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 133.43 ARO

Francis, Richard

Summary: Biographer and novelist Francis looks at the Salem witch hunt of 1692 with fresh eyes, through the story of Samuel Sewall, New England Puritan, Salem trial judge, antislavery agitator, defender of Native American rights, utopian theorist, family man. The second-generation colonists were pitted against the pagan Native Americans and a hostile mother country intent on imposing control. Out of the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Fourth Estate 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEWALL, SAMUEL FRA

Fels, Tony

Summary: In Switching Sides, Tony Fels traces a remarkable shift in scholarly interpretations of the Salem witch hunt from the post{u2013}World War II era up through the present. Fels explains that for a new generation of historians influenced by the radicalism of the New Left in the 1960s and early 1970s, the Salem panic acquired a startlingly different meaning. Determined to champion the common people...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Johns Hopkins University Press 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 133.4 FEL

LaPlante, Eve

Summary: Traces the story of the judge responsible for executing twenty Salem witch trial victims, discussing how he came to regret his actions, and his later efforts to oppose slavery and further Native American relations and sexual equality.

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2008

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEWALL, SAMUEL LAP

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