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How to Hang a Witch - Adriana Mather
How to Hang a Witch
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It's the Salem Witch Trials meets Mean Girls in a debut novel from one of the descendants of Cotton Mather, where the trials of high school start to feel like a modern day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem’s past. Salem, Massachusetts is the site of the infamous witch... show more
It's the Salem Witch Trials meets Mean Girls in a debut novel from one of the descendants of Cotton Mather, where the trials of high school start to feel like a modern day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem’s past.

Salem, Massachusetts is the site of the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather. Recently transplanted from New York City, Sam and her stepmother are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Sam is the descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for those trials and almost immediately, she becomes the enemy of a group of girls who call themselves The Descendants. And guess who their ancestors were?

If dealing with that weren't enough, Sam also comes face to face with a real live (well technically dead) ghost. A handsome, angry ghost who wants Sam to stop touching his stuff. But soon Sam discovers she is at the center of a centuries old curse affecting anyone with ties to the trials. Sam must come to terms with the ghost and find a way to work with The Descendants to stop a deadly cycle that has been going on since the first accused witch was hanged. If any town should have learned its lesson, it's Salem. But history may be about to repeat itself.
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Just One More Chapter
Just One More Chapter rated it
3.5
I really shouldn't be surprised at how much I liked this book, almost all of my GR friends sang its praise. The plot was in-depth, elaborate, never boring and unabashedly addictive. I was bewitched (hehe) by the characters (especially the dashing Elijah) even despite the unanswered, messy Love Trian...
No More Booklikes, BYE
No More Booklikes, BYE rated it
2.5 One Character Brought The House to Rubble
AudioI really enjoyed the story, it held my interest and had me guessing at the how and what. But... The main character was a stereotypical annoying teenager with bad acting. Acting ? Yes, her character felt like an act, I just couldn't get her to fit well in my mind. She almost took the book into t...
My Never Ending List
My Never Ending List rated it
0.0 How To Hang a Witch - DNF
I wanted something mysterious, something dark and with some twists but each CD had the same old thing, a girl who was playing a young man, who seemed to be going nowhere except that she falling in love with a ghost with a mysterious past. I just could not grasp where this book was going after listen...
Abandoned by Booklikes
Abandoned by Booklikes rated it
1.0 How to Hang a Witch
I gave this book half a star and rounded it up to 1 star on Goodreads. I also did not finish this book and quit at the 50 percent mark.The only cool thing about this book is that a descendant of the Mathers (see Salem Witch trials) wrote a book book Salem and what happens when a descendant of Cotton...
Figgy O'Connell
Figgy O'Connell rated it
0.0 How to Hang a Witch
Interesting that the author and character share a last name... I wonder if there's something behind that...?
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