How to Hang a Witch
It's the Salem Witch Hunt meets Mean Girls in this deliciously suspenseful novel by an author who is a descendant of one the real trial's most infamous accusers. Samantha Mather has just moved to Salem, Massachusetts from New York City in the wake of her father's mysterious illness. But Mathers...
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It's the Salem Witch Hunt meets Mean Girls in this deliciously suspenseful novel by an author who is a descendant of one the real trial's most infamous accusers. Samantha Mather has just moved to Salem, Massachusetts from New York City in the wake of her father's mysterious illness. But Mathers have lived in Salem for centuries and Sam is the ancestor of Cotton Mather—one
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Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780553539486 (0553539485)
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
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...
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...
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...
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...
Interesting that the author and character share a last name... I wonder if there's something behind that...?
7 years ago
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