The Resource Witches : the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem, Rosalyn Schanzer, (electronic resource)
Witches : the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem, Rosalyn Schanzer, (electronic resource)
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- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book 2012 Notable Children's Books?ALSC NCSS?Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012 School Library Journal Best Books of 2011 SLJ?s 100 Magnificent Children?s Books of 2011 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2011 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 detail in this young adult book by award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer. ? With a powerful narrative, chilling primary source accounts, a design evoking the period, and 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, this book will rivet young readers with novelistic power. ? 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.? In addition to the Sibert Honor,? -- 100 Magnificent Children's Books and one of Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Children's Books
- Language
- eng
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 144 p.
- Note
- Electronic book
- Contents
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- Wherein the stage is set
- A dire diagnosis
- Let the grilling begin
- Witch hunt!
- A torrent of evil
- The king of hell
- Oyer and terminer
- The end is near
- The end is here
- What happened next
- Isbn
- 9781426308888
- Label
- Witches : the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem
- Title
- Witches
- Title remainder
- the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem
- Statement of responsibility
- Rosalyn Schanzer
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book 2012 Notable Children's Books?ALSC NCSS?Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012 School Library Journal Best Books of 2011 SLJ?s 100 Magnificent Children?s Books of 2011 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2011 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 detail in this young adult book by award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer. ? With a powerful narrative, chilling primary source accounts, a design evoking the period, and 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, this book will rivet young readers with novelistic power. ? 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.? In addition to the Sibert Honor,? -- 100 Magnificent Children's Books and one of Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Children's Books
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- Schanzer, Rosalyn
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- Witchcraft
- Puritans
- Salem (Mass.)
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- Witches : the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem, Rosalyn Schanzer, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Contents
- Wherein the stage is set -- A dire diagnosis -- Let the grilling begin -- Witch hunt! -- A torrent of evil -- The king of hell -- Oyer and terminer -- The end is near -- The end is here -- What happened next
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 144 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781426308888
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- v44g9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
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- unknown sound
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- remote
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- (MnSpTMCL)v44g9
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- Format: Adobe EPUB
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 1.4 MB)
- Label
- Witches : the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem, Rosalyn Schanzer, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Contents
- Wherein the stage is set -- A dire diagnosis -- Let the grilling begin -- Witch hunt! -- A torrent of evil -- The king of hell -- Oyer and terminer -- The end is near -- The end is here -- What happened next
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
-
- 1 online resource
- 144 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781426308888
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- v44g9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MnSpTMCL)v44g9
- System details
-
- Format: Adobe EPUB
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 1.4 MB)
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