salem (mass.)

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.

Presents the events of the Salem witch trials from three different perspectives, a minister, an accused witch, and the accuser.

Back in her own universe and ready to start a new life with Rowan by her side, Lily finds she has more difficulties ahead than just keeping her magic hidden since Lillian, ruthless ruler of the Thirteen Cities, is determined that Lily will come back to the alternate Salem, no matter what it takes.

Return to Colonial New England for a fresh look at the infamous events of Puritan Salem.