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Tituba of Salem Village

  • Ann Lane Petry

4.00

2 ratings

A captivating historical fiction book about the Salem witch trials told in the voice of the Putnam's slave Tituba. She is the only one to admitted to witchcraft, and the only one not to be executed.

Tituba, the minister's slave, gazed into the stone watering trough. She did not see her own reflection. Instead, she saw a vision of herself, surrounded by angry people. The people were staring at her. Their faces showed fear. That was several years ago. It is now 1692, and there is strange talk in Salem Village. Talk of witches. Several girls have been taken with fits, 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, and who can spin a thread so fine it must be magic. Did Tituba see the future that day at the watering trough? If so, could she actually be hanged for practicing witchcraft?

Genres

  • Juvenile fiction
  • Witchcraft
  • Trials (Witchcraft)
  • History
  • Fiction
  • Paranormal fiction
  • Reading Level-Grade 7
  • Reading Level-Grade 6
  • Reading Level-Grade 8
  • Children's fiction
  • Witchcraft, fiction
  • Puritans, fiction
  • African americans, fiction
  • Slavery, united states, juvenile literature
  • Slavery, united states
  • Tituba
  • Juvenile literature
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About the author

  • Ann Lane Petry

    1908 - 28 Apr 1997

    4.00

    3 ratings · 13 works

Editions

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    Ty Crowell Co

    September 1988

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    Tandem Library

    October 1999

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    HarperTrophy

    August 1, 1991

  • Edition cover

    HarperTrophy

    August 1, 1991

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Crowell

1964

  • Edition cover

    HarperCollins Publishers

    1964

  • Edition cover

    Harper Trophy

    1964