witchcraft

Twelve-year-old Robbie becomes convinced that the stranger befriended by his family is one of the Selkie Folk and tries to get help against his magical powers from the local wizard.

When her mother decides to start a business as a professional witch, eleven-year-old Jessica sets out to sabotage the project.

Explores the meaning of witchcraft in colonial New England; examines specific cases in which women were accused, and in some cases executed, as witches; and interprets the characteristics of witches within New England's gender system.

An illustrated encyclopedia that contains 560 alphabetized entries on significant figures, events, places, film and television portrayals, and topics related to the history and practice of witchcraft, and includes an extensive bibliography.

Discusses the trials in Salem, Massachusetts when Puritans accused a Native American from Barbados named Tituba of being a witch and influencing others in the town, leading to a series of tests and punishments.

Lynn is more than ever convinced that their neighbor, Mrs.Tuggle, is involved in witchcraft but finds it difficult to convince her family of the old woman's evil.

As more people fall under Mrs. Tuggle's spells, Lynn and Mouse grow more desperate in their efforts to find a way to stop the old woman's evil.