Salem Witch Trials - An Unsolved Mystery from History

Informationen zum Autor Jane Yolen is an award-winning author who has written more than 380 books for children, including the bestseller How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? and the 1988 Caldecott Medal winner Owl Moon . She is known for her beautiful poetry, picture books, fairy tales, novels, and nonfiction, and has even been called "the Hans Christian Andersen of America" ( Newsweek ). She lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts. Visit her at JaneYolen.com. Klappentext In the fourth book of their Unsolved Mystery from History series! the mother-and-daughter duo tackle Puritan New England's biggest mystery: the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Full color. Zusammenfassung In this spooky book from the nonfiction An Unsolved Mystery from History picture book series, tragedy strikes Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692 as the community is torn apart by accusations of witchcraft. When a group of girls came down with a horrible, mysterious bout of illness, they pointed the finger at people in their community they claimed were witches. Soon, the whole town was convinced they were in danger from supernatural forces. Today, we have details about the accusations, trials, and those who lost their lives, but the question remains: What caused the mass hysteria? Become a detective, study the clues, and see if you can help solve this chilling mystery from history!

Product details

• Authors: Heidi E Y Stemple, Heidi E. Y. Stemple, Heidi Elisabet y. Stemple, Jane Yolen, Jane/ Stemple Yolen
• Assisted by: Roger Roth (Illustration)
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 10
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.09.2004
• EAN: 9780689846205
• ISBN: 978-0-689-84620-5
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 241 mm x 279 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Unsolved Mystery from History; An Unsolved Mystery from History; An Unsolved Mystery from History; Unsolved Mystery from History
• Subject: Children's and young people's books