WITCHES-THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE TALE OF DISASTER INB SALEM

ROSA SCHANZZER 

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHY.

Product Information
Tackling the same twisted subject as Stacy Schiff's much-lauded book The Witches: Salem, 1692, this Sibert Honour book for young readers features unique scratchboard illustrations, chilling primary source material, and powerful narrative to tell the true tale. In the little colonial town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two girls began to twitch, mumble, and contort their bodies into strange shapes. The doctor tried every remedy, but nothing cured the young Puritans. He grimly announced the dire diagnosis: the girls were bewitched! And then the accusations began. The riveting, true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people's lives and ruined hundreds more unfolds in chilling, novelistic detail-complete with stylized black-white-and-red scratchboard illustrations of young girls having wild fits in the courtroom, witches flying overhead, and the Devil and his servants terrorizing the Puritans- in this young adult book by award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer. Taught in middle and high schools around the U.S., the 17th-century saga remains hauntingly resonant as people struggle even today with the urgent need to find someone to blame for their misfortunes. Witches! has been honoured with many prestigious awards, including:. Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honour Book2012 Notable Children's Books-ALSCNCSS-Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012School Library Journal Best Books of 2011SLJ's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2011
Product Identifiers
Publisher	National Geographic Society
ISBN-10	1426308698
ISBN-13	9781426308697
Dimensions
Weight	8.4 Oz
Width	5.4in.
Height	0.5in.
Length	7.2in.
Additional Product Features
Format	Trade Cloth
Dewey Edition	22
Dewey Decimal	133.4/3097445
Illustrated	Yes
Grade from	Fifth Grade
Target Audience	Juvenile Audience
Age Range	10
Copyright Date	2011
Author	Rosalyn Schanzer, National Geographic Kids Staff
Number of Pages	144 Pages
Lc Classification Number	Bf1576.S33 2011
Publication Date	2011-09-13
Reviews	"My son loves these books. We started reading National Geographic Kids books when he was about six (he's nine now) and I can honestly say that these books have been instrumental in teaching him to read." - Consumer "My kids love these books. Super fun and interesting." - Consumer
Language	English
Lccn	2011-012989