| Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem Contributor(s): Schanzer, Rosalyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 1426308698 ISBN-13: 9781426308697 Publisher: National Geographic Kids
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2011 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical |
| Dewey: 133.430 |
| LCCN: 2011012989 |
| Age Level: 10-14 |
| Grade Level: 5-9 |
| Lexile Measure: 1190 NC (Nonconforming Text) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 7.1" L (0.55 lbs) 144 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Cultural Region - New England |
| Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Booklist 11/01/2011 pg. 54 Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2011 pg. 523 - Recommended - Better Than Most School Library Journal 12/01/2011 pg. 142 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2011 SLJ's Best Books 12/01/2011 pg. 36 Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 193 - Recommended, Satisfactory |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 146048 Reading Level: 7.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tackling the same twisted subject as Stacy Schiff's much-lauded book The Witches: Salem, 1692, this Sibert Honor book for young readers features unique scratchboard illustrations, chilling primary source material, and powerful narrative to tell the true tale.In the little colonial town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two girls began to twitch, mumble, and contort their bodies into strange shapes. The doctor tried every remedy, but nothing cured the young Puritans. He grimly announced the dire diagnosis: the girls were bewitched! And then the accusations began. The riveting, true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people's lives and ruined hundreds more unfolds in chilling, novelistic detail--complete with stylized black-white-and-red scratchboard illustrations of young girls having wild fits in the courtroom, witches flying overhead, and the Devil and his servants terrorizing the Puritans-- in this young adult book by award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer. Taught in middle and high schools around the U.S., the 17th-century saga remains hauntingly resonant as people struggle even today with the urgent need to find someone to blame for their misfortunes. Witches! has been honored with many prestigious awards, including: . Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book2012 Notable Children's Books--ALSCNCSS--Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012School Library Journal Best Books of 2011SLJ's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2011 |
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