{"product_id":"witches-the-absolutely-true-tale-of-disaster-in-salem-9781426308697","title":"Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem","description":"\u003cb\u003eTackling the same twisted subject as Stacy Schiff's much-lauded book The Witches: Salem, 1692, this Sibert Honor book for young readers features unique scratchboard illustrations, chilling primary source material, and powerful narrative to tell the true tale.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the little colonial town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two girls began to twitch, mumble, and contort their bodies into strange shapes. The doctor tried every remedy, but nothing cured the young Puritans. He grimly announced the dire diagnosis: the girls were bewitched  And then the accusations began. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The riveting, true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people's lives and ruined hundreds more unfolds in chilling, novelistic detail--complete with stylized black-white-and-red scratchboard illustrations of young girls having wild fits in the courtroom, witches flying overhead, and the Devil and his servants terrorizing the Puritans-- in this young adult book by award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taught in middle and high schools around the U.S., the 17th-century saga remains hauntingly resonant as people struggle even today with the urgent need to find someone to blame for their misfortunes. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWitches \u003c\/i\u003e has been honored with many prestigious awards, including: . Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2012 Notable Children's Books--ALSC \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NCSS--Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e School Library Journal Best Books of 2011 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e SLJ's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e National Geographic Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781426308697\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2011 pg. 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVoice of Youth Advocates\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 523 - Recommended - Better Than Most\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLJ's Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012 pg. 193 - Recommended, Satisfactory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e146048 \/ Witches! the Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rosalyn Schanzer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36650461626524,"sku":"9781426308697","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_611157c0-cad9-4b37-ab6d-88454204ee75.jpg?v=1603875343","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/witches-the-absolutely-true-tale-of-disaster-in-salem-9781426308697","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}