What Were the Salem Witch Trials? - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780448479057

About this item

by Joan Holub (Author), Who Hq (Author), Dede Putra (Illustrator)

Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more languished in prison as hysteria swept the colony. Author Joan Holub gives readers and inside look at this sinister chapter in history.

Author Biography

Joan Holub is the author of What Was the First Thanksgiving?, What Was the Gold Rush?, and other Who Was...? titles, including Who Was Marco Polo? and Who Was Babe Ruth? She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Number of Pages: 112

Dimensions: 0.3 x 8.2 x 6.1 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: August 11, 2015

Accelerated Reader:

Quiz Name: What Were the Salem Witch Trials?

Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8

Reading Level: 5.3

Point Value: 1

$15.62

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