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false <![CDATA[Witch Child]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178509797m/803120.jpg 803120 19 During the witch hunts of the mid-1600s, many young Englishwomen died on the gallows, innocent victims of false or hysterical accusations of witchcraft. But what of those women who actually claimed the name "witch" as their own? In the pages of her secret journal, Mary Nuttall reveals what it is like to live in a climate of mistrust and piety in which differences are dangerous and rumors can kill, where she must hide her heritage as a healer and pagan. With a sure hand, she describes her beloved grandmother's trial and hanging as a witch, her own rescue by a mysterious noblewoman, and her eventual passage to the New World and the forest settlement of Beulah. There Mary falls under a curtain of suspicion when she willingly chooses to explore the dark woods shunned by the fearful colonists and makes friends with some of the spiritual native people. When several girls in the community begin to shriek and swoon, and the same minister who damned Mary's grandmother comes to search for signs of witchcraft, Mary is subjected to close and deadly scrutiny. Breaking with most historical fiction about witchcraft (such as Elizabeth Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond), British author Celia Rees raises the stakes and the tension by placing a real witch at the center of her story. Witch Child is an engrossing, suspenseful novel that will cast a spell over both readers of historical fiction and fans of witchcraft series from Circle of Three to Sweep. --Jennifer Hubert 1347107 book 2000 Witch Child total:1373|5:377|4:501|3:373|2:99|1:23| 1373 5229 2028 213 3 2 false true Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 08:41:43 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 08:50:55 -0800 2009 1 1659. A time of fear and persecution. Mary, granddaughter of a witch, keeps a diary. It begins: I am Mary. I am a witch…

She sees her grandmother hanged, is rescued by a stranger, takes ship for America and finds a place in a Puritan community there. All that befalls her, she records in...more...]]> 4 2 true true Sun Nov 30 07:11:13 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 10:14:10 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 07:11:13 -0800 2008 1 I think it’s cool how the book ended. The fact that the dairy isn’t finished at the end made it seem very realistic. I thought it was unfair how even though she came to the New World, she was recognized as a witch still. She had no family in England (so she was lead to belie...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 08:33:03 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 08:33:03 -0700 2009 1 and a half more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 19:31:17 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 19:39:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 18:16:43 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:28:09 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 14:47:14 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 14:59:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 14:18:29 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:52:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 12:32:48 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 12:54:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 10:45:28 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 11:04:36 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 02 22:38:34 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 22:40:32 -0700 2009
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Witch Child takes the form of a diary written by Mary Nuttal (claiming to be Mary Newbury). After her grandmother is killed for supposedly being a witch, Mary is sent to America...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 17:37:08 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 18:25:42 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 11 14:39:01 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 16:09:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 07:53:24 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 08:10:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 14:25:35 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:03:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 09:51:46 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 16:49:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 20:31:19 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 17:05:16 -0800 2009 Witch Child is about a girl named Mary, she lived with her grandmother untill the townspeople found out her grandmother was a witch, they killed her and sent Mary to the New World. On the boat ride she made friends with many, Martha, Jonah, Tobias, and Rebekah play a significant role in Mary's life...

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