The Minister's Daughter
"Powers of the air, be here now. So mote it be." Nell is a wild child. Conceived on May Morning, she is claimed by the piskies and faeries as a merrybegot, one of their own. She is the village cunning woman's granddaughter: herb gatherer and healer, spell-weaver and midwife...and, some say, a...
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"Powers of the air, be here now. So mote it be." Nell is a wild child. Conceived on May Morning, she is claimed by the piskies and faeries as a merrybegot, one of their own. She is the village cunning woman's granddaughter: herb gatherer and healer, spell-weaver and midwife...and, some say, a witch. Grace is a Puritan minister's daughter: beautiful and refined, innocent and sweet-natured...to those who think they know her. But she is hiding a secret -- a secret that will bring everlasting shame to her family should it ever come to light. A merrybegot and minister's daughter -- two girls who could not have less in common. Yet their fates collide when Grace and her younger sister, Patience, are suddenly spitting pins, struck with fits, and speaking in fevered tongues. The minister is convinced his daughters are the victims of witchcraft. And all signs point to Nell as the source of the trouble....
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780689876912 (0689876912)
ASIN: 689876912
Publish date: December 26th 2006
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Teen,
Paranormal,
Witches,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Fairies,
Religion,
17th Century
In Puritan England Nell is a merrybegot, concieved on May morning, believed to have witch power and being trained as a cunning woman by her grandmother who is beginning to lose her senses and her sanity. When Nell tries to help the Ministers' daughters she finds that it's only making things worse a...
I thought this book was incredibly interesting and well written. I loved the authenticity of the language that the author was able to maintain throughout the book and the general storyline. This is probably my favorite book for the "Salem Witch Trial" period to give unrealistic explanations for real...
This is a story of England in the mid 1600's, when paganism is becoming suspect and women who are "cunning" are many times suspected of witchcraft and cavorting with Satan. Two sisters become ensnared in a lie that ultimately changes the course of a young girl and her grandmother. The book is also...