- What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
- Author: Joan Holub
- Print Length: 112 pages
- Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (August 11, 2015)
- Publication Date: August 11, 2015
- Sold by: Penguin Group (USA) LLC
- Language: English
Book 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
Book Review:
- What Were the Salem Witch Trials?
Review By: Brittany Perez ( Oh My Bookness )
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October 31,2015
What were the Salem Witch Trials? By Joan Holub gives the reader a overview of a time that was confusing, horrific, and did not end fast enough for many. The question to this day still remains to this day why did it happen? Was it over land? We're the girls really hallucinating over something they may have ingested? Was it political? No matter what it goes down with scientist questions never fully answered to their satisfaction.
Joan Holub takes the reader on a brief journey on important aspects that happened in Salem, Massachusetts, 1962. It's great for third graders, it's great for those who love history and this time in history, it's great for your teen as a reference or staying point and reminder and even a adult.
It's meant for children so it's short, but history lovers will enjoy it.
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About Joan Holub:
Joan Holub has been a graphic designer, book designer, illustrator, and is now a children's book author. She has written and/or illustrated over 140 books:* THE KNIGHTS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, picture book illus by Scott Magoon
* MIGHTY DADS, a New York Times bestselling picture book illus by James Dean, creator of Pete the Cat (Scholastic)
* LITTLE RED WRITING, a picture book illus by Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet (Chronicle Books). Guess who the wolf is! 3 starred reviews + 4 notable lists
* GODDESS GIRLS series puts a modern, middle school spin on Greek Mythology for ages 8-12, co-written with Suzanne Williams
* HEROES IN TRAINING series, chapter books for ages 7-10, co-written with Suzanne Williams
* GRIMMTASTIC GIRLS series, ages 8-12, co-written with Suzanne Williams
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* ZERO THE HERO, a picture book illus by NYTimes bestselling Tom Lichtenheld
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