TY  - BOOK
AU  - Holub,Joan
AU  - Putra,Dede
TI  - What were the Salem Witch Trials?
T2  - What was...?
SN  - 0448479052 (paperback)
AV  - KFM2478.8.W5 H65 2015
U1  - 345.744/50288 23
PY  - 2015///
CY  - New York, New York
PB  - Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
KW  - Trials (Witchcraft)
KW  - fast
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Salem
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Witch hunting
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Witchcraft
KW  - Juvenile works
N1  - The world around us; Includes bibliographical references (page 106); What were the Salem Witch Trials? --; Betty and Abigail --; Witches --; Questions --; Tituba --; Witch hunt --; Trials --; Punishment --; Fortune-telling --; Why? --; Afterword --; Timelines --; Bibliography
N2  - "Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hysteria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this sinister chapter in history."-Provided by publisher
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