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A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials - Ann Rinaldi
A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials
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Susanna desperately wants to join the circle of girls who meet every week at the parsonage. What she doesn't realize is that the girls are about to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment and execution of countless innocent people. Susanna faces a painful choice. Should... show more
Susanna desperately wants to join the circle of girls who meet every week at the parsonage. What she doesn't realize is that the girls are about to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment and execution of countless innocent people. Susanna faces a painful choice. Should she keep quiet and let the witch-hunt panic continue, or should she "break charity" with the group--and risk having her own family members named as witches? Reader's guide included.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780152046828 (0152046828)
ASIN: 152046828
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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TsalagiWriter
TsalagiWriter rated it
4.5 A Break With Charity: A Story About the Salem Witch Trials by Ann Rinaldi
Susanna wants to the join the circle of girls who meet at parsonage every day in Salem Village. But not being from the village herself, they refuse to invite her. Susanna learns what the girls do at these meetings, but doesn't doesn't realize what these girls will do to Salem and those who live th...
A Book and A Review #2
A Book and A Review #2 rated it
4.0
My favorite book I have read about the Salem Witch Trials so far and I have read a number of them. Rinaldi has masterfully humanized the characters in the book so that readers are really able to develop a sense of sympathy for them. I have read a couple of books by Rinaldi and I haven't seen this in...
Chasm of Books
Chasm of Books rated it
Right from the start, I wanted to know how the book ended. I wanted to know how the witch madness came to an end. About half way through I was like, "Oh no. How is Susanna going to get out of this hole?" This was one of those books that you don't get excited about while reading; instead, it makes yo...
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