salem (mass.)

Presents the text of Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about a family living under the curse of a man who was hanged for witchcraft; and includes background information on the story, and a selection of critical reviews and essays.

When sixteen-year-old Abby traces her deceased mother's family to the Salem Witch Trials, the nightmares she has been having begin to make sense, but soon she is caught up in a love triangle and an age-old quest for revenge.

During the winter of 1692, when the young girls of Salem suddenly find themselves subject to fits of screaming and strange visions, some believe that they have seen the devil and are the victims of witches.

A young farm boy running away to sea in 1774 explores the Salem harbor while waiting for his ship to sail.

Follows fifteen-year-old Samantha Mather, who has moved to Salem with her stepmother 300 years after her family hanged witches there, to find she is ostracized by the witch descendants at school, as she unravels the lost secrets of the hangings and her family.

In her hometown of Salem, Lily Proctor endures not only life-threatening allergies but humiliation at her first high school party with her best friend and longtime crush, Tristan. But in a different Salem--one overrun with horrifying creatures and ruled by powerful women called Crucibles--she is Lillian, the strongest and cruelest Crucible, in an alternate universe that Lily suddenly finds herself in, where she is torn between responsibilities she can't hope to shoulder alone and a love she never expected.

"... analyzes the Salem Witch Trials to offer ... insights into the role of women in its events while explaining how its tragedies became possible"--OCLC.

Examines the witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, using primary source documents.