Burgess, Melvin. Burning Issy.
In seventeenth-century England, twelve-year-old Issy is accused of being a
witch and struggles with the belief that she actually does have strange powers.
Duble, Kathleen Benner. The Sacrifice.
Two sisters, aged ten and twelve, are accused of witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts,
in 1692 and await trial in a miserable prison while their mother desperately
searches for some way to obtain their freedom.
Duncan, Lois. Gallow’s Hill.
When seventeen-year-old Sarah works in the fortune-telling booth at a school
carnival, she finds that sometimes she can really see the future in the crystal
ball, a talent that disturbs some of the other students and makes them suspect
her of being a witch.
Furlong, Monica. Juniper.
While apprenticed to the witch woman Euny, a young girl struggles to save
her family from the evil machinations of her power-hungry aunt Meroot.
**companion book to Wise Child**
Hearn, Julie. The Minister's Daughter.
In 1645 in England, the
daughters of the town minister successfully accuse a local healer and her
granddaughter of witchcraft to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but years
later during the 1692 Salem trials their lie has unexpected repercussions.
Lasky, Katherine. Beyond the Burning Time.
When, in the winter of 1691, accusations of witchcraft surface in her small
New England village, twelve-year-old Mary Chase fights to save her mother
from execution.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Magic Circle.
After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is turned
into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until her encounter
with Hansel and Gretel years later.
Petry, Ann. Tituba of Salem Village.
Several girls have been taken with seizures, and there is only one explanation:
someone in the village has been doing the devil's work. All eyes are on Tituba,
the one person who can tell fortunes with cards. Will the villagers really
hang her?
Reese, Celia. Witch Child.
In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from
England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community
of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.
Rinaldi, Ann. A Break with Charity.
While waiting for a church meeting in 1706, Susanna English, daughter of a
wealthy Salem merchant, recalls the malice, fear, and accusations of witchcraft
that tore her village apart in 1692.
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond.
In 1687 Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household
of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and
suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.