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Stephanie Hemphill - Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials

Av Stephanie Hemphill

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Wicked Girls is a fictionalized account of the Salem witch trials based on the real historical characters, told from the perspective of three young women living in Salem in 1692-Mercy Lewis, Margaret Walcott, and Ann Putnam Jr. When Ann's father suggests that a spate of illnesses within the village is the result of witchcraft, Ann sees an opportunity and starts manifesting the symptoms of affliction. Ann looks up to Mercy, the beautiful servant in her parents' house. She shows Mercy the power that a young girl is capable of in a time when women were completely powerless. Mercy, who suffered abuse at the hands of past masters, seizes her only chance at safety. And Ann's cousin Margaret, anxious to win the attention of a boy in her sights, follows suit. As the accusations mount against men and women in the community, the girls start to see the deadly ramifications of their actions. Should they finally tell the truth? Or is it too late to save this small New England town? A Printz Honor winner for Your Own, Sylvia, Stephanie Hemphill uses evocative verse to weave a nuanced portrait of one of the most troubling and fascinating times in our nation's history.The book includes biographies of the real girls and the accused victims.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-10-01
  • Mått: 135 x 203 x 26 mm
  • Vikt: 320 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 432
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • ISBN: 9780061853302
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Stephanie Hemphill is also the award-winning author of Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Sisters of Glass; and Things Left Unsaid: A Novel in Poems. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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"The expressive writing, masterful tension, and parallels to modern group dynamics create a powerful and relevant page-turner. " -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "An excellent supplementary choice for curricular studies of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, this will also find readers outside the classroom, who will savor the accessible, unsettling, piercing lines that connect past and present with timeless conflict and truths." -- Booklist (starred review) "In subtle, spare first-person free-verse poems, the author skillfully demonstrates how ordinary people may come to commit monstrous acts. Haunting and still frighteningly relevant." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "The verse format is fresh and engaging, distilling the actions of the seven accusing girls into riveting narrative." -- School Library Journal (starred review) "An atmospheric tale." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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