Gallows Hill
Published on 5. September 2023
216 pages
978-1-7284-9394-7 (ISBN)
Description
Salem, Massachusetts - 1692Thomas is marked as an outcast the moment he steps off the ship from England. As a Quaker, he's outnumbered and distrusted by Salem's Puritans. And as an orphan without any useful skills, he has nowhere to live and no way to earn his keep. In a stroke of luck-perhaps good, perhaps not-he's taken in by the aged widow Prudence Blevins, who's rumored to be a witch.Patience has tried all her life to be a good Puritan-obedient to God and to her elders-and all her life, she has come up short. But her orderly world is upended when her younger sister, Abigail, falls victim to a mysterious affliction. The same torments have stricken other Salem girls, who claim they're being bewitched by servants of the Devil. Soon the girls, including Abigail, begin accusing neighbors of witchcraft.As the community becomes consumed by suspicion and fear, Thomas and Patience search for the truth. To protect those they care about, they will have to question everything they think they know: their faiths, their loyalties, and their places in Salem.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Lerner Publishing Group
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: From Sixth Grade to Twelfth Grade, Reading Age: From 11 to 12 years, Interest Age: From 11 to 18 years
File size
6,19 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-7284-9394-7 (9781728493947)
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