witchcraft

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Black is for beginnings

Stacey Brown, a hereditary witch who has prophetic nightmares and near-death experiences, tries to work things out with Jacob and figure out what is in store for their future by facing the past.

Blue is for nightmares

Sixteen-year-old hereditary witch Stacey Brown has nightmares of her roommate being murdered and hopes that her magic will be enough to protect Drea--unlike the last person whose death Stacey dreamed.

Magic can be murder

Set apart from other people because of their unusual abilities, Nola, a teenage witch, and her mother find themselves in great danger when Nola uses her power to call up images and witnesses a murder.
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You wouldn't want to be a Salem witch!

bizarre accusations you'd rather not face
Provides information about the Salem Witch hunts and trial through the fictional description of the experiences of a young girl who is accused of being a witch.

Black Moon rising

2017
Middle-schoolers Marcus, Theo, and Lu return to the Library to hlep figure out, and fix, what is going wrong at a school in Massachusetts.
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Trail of lightning

2018
"While most of the world has drowned beneath the sudden rising waters of a climate apocalypse, Dinetah (formerly the Navajo reservation) has been reborn. The gods and heroes of legend walk the land, but so do monsters. Maggie Hoskie is a Dinetah monster hunter, a supernaturally gifted killer. When a small town needs help finding a missing girl, Maggie is their last best hope"--Provided by publisher.
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Shamans, witch doctors, wizards, sorcerers and alchemists

2015
Looks at shamans, sorcerers, wizards, witch doctors and others who use magic and who through study and experimentation try to unlock the mysteries of the universe.
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The Salem witch trials

2017
"[Describes] the events that transpired in seventeenth-century colonial Massachusetts, when a group of young girls accused several townspeople of witchcraft, [later leading to the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Teaches] young readers ... about the religious and cultural state of colonial New England, as well as the dangers of group think"--Provided by publisher.
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P?jaro de medianoche

2017
Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends.
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Six women of Salem

the untold story of the accused and their accusers in the Salem Witch Trials
2013
Explores the history of the Salem witch trials from the point of view of six of the women involved, including Rebecca Nurse, Bridget Bishop, Mary English, Ann Putnam, Sr., Tituba, and Mary Warren.
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