Against the backdrop of the seventeenth-century Salem witch trials, a woman extracts revenge against her married paramour by charging that he and his wife are sorcerers.
Uses a graphic novel format to recount the true story of the Salem, Massachusetts, witch trials in 1692, which resulted in the hanging of nineteen women accused of witchcraft.
Tells how Tituba, a slave, was sold in Barbados to a preacher bound for Boston and became one of three women convicted at the beginning of the Salem witch trials.
Presents an introductory overview of the Salem witch trials and biographical profiles of five people involved: the slave Tituba, Reverend Samuel Parris, Reverend Cotton Mather, Judge Samuel Sewall, and one of those hanged, Rebecca Nurse.
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.
Presents a history lesson to the hysteria surrounding the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692 and provides clues to understanding why and how they occurred.
a primary source history of the witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts
MacBain, Jenny
2003
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the witch hunt and trials that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, in the seventeenth century.
