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What Were the Salem Witch Trials? (What Was?)

What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
(What Was?)

Author

Joan Holub

Illustrator

Dede Putra

Publication Date

August 11, 2015

Genre / Grade Band

Non-fiction / 4^th − 5^th

What Were the Salem Witch Trials? (What Was?)

Paperback

Description

"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.

Publication date

August 11, 2015

Classification

Non-fiction

Page Count

ISBN-13

9780448479057

Lexile Measure

760

Guided Reading Level

Publisher

Penguin Workshop

Series

What Was?

BISAC categories

Library of Congress categories

Joan Holub

Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children's books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.

Daniel Roode is an illustrator and designer who draws inspiration from his French heritage, mid-century modern design, pop art, and nature. Daniel creates the bulk of his art digitally, an appropriate medium for his clean yet tactile aesthetic that has a distinct joie de vivre. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his amazing wife Laura and their two funny cats.

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