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Witch Child
Contributor(s): Rees, Celia (Author)

ISBN: 0763642282 ISBN-13: 9780763642280
Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)

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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2009
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Annotation: The year is 1659, a time of fear and lies. For Mary Newbury, it is a time of desperation. While she watches, unable to intervene, her wise and beloved grandmother is falsely condemned, tortured, and hanged as a witch. Soon the relentless crowd may turn upon Mary. When a mysterious stranger offers her a way out -- safe passage to America -- she knows she must go. But she doesn't know that the turbulent voyage will bring her to yet another society where differences are feared and defiance is deadly.

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Wizards & Witches
- Young Adult Fiction | Horror
- Young Adult Fiction | Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods

Dewey: FIC

Age Level: 12-UP

Grade Level: 7-UP

Lexile Measure: 760(Not Available)

Physical Information: 0.77" H x 4.96" W x 7.76" L (0.50 lbs) 288 pages

Themes:
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts
- Cultural Region - New England
- Catalog Heading - Language Arts
- Curriculum Strand - Language Arts

Features: Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 52028
Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 9.0

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
With its theme of religious intolerance and its touches of the supernatural, this is sure to be in high demand for a long time. -- Kirkus Reviews

Welcome to the world of young Mary Newbury, a world where simply being different can cost a person her life. Hidden until now in the pages of her diary, Mary's startling story begins in 1659, the year her beloved grandmother is hanged in the public square as a witch. Mary narrowly escapes a similar fate, only to face intolerance and new danger among the Puritans in the New World. How long can she hide her true identity? Will she ever find a place where her healing powers will not be feared?

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