Publisher Description
Award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer's book Witches! was named a School Library Journal Best Book and a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best. Witches! recounts in electrifying detail the true events of the 17th-century witch trials in Salem Village, Massachusetts. After two girls exhibit strange behavior, the colonial town's doctor concludes their symptoms are the result of witchcraft. Even today, the chilling events of this period remain one of the most disturbing passages of U.S. history.
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“Schanzer's appealing storyteller's style will draw readers into this
strangest of episodes in American history and keep them riveted. She
deftly manages a large cast of characters and structures her narrative
just as she should: straightforwardly and chronologically, leaving
readers to draw their own conclusions or make broader comparisons.”
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Children’s Literature
About Rosalyn Schanzer
Rosalyn Schanzer has written and
illustrated several outstanding children’s books, including How We Crossed the West, which received
starred reviews from School Library
Journal and Publishers Weekly. As
a child, she always enjoyed reading stories about horses, so by the time she
was twelve years old, she’d read all of the Black Stallion books by Walter
Farley; she then decided to study the muscle structures of horses so she could
draw them herself. She lives with her husband and children in Fairfax Station,
Virginia.
About Jessica Almasy
Jessica Almasy (she, her) is an actress, theater teacher, and award-winning audiobook narrator. She has recorded over eighty titles, including the Earphones Award–winning Clementine series and Operation Yes. She is the winner of two Audie Awards and several AudioFile Earphones Awards.