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| Original Title: | Witch Child |
| ISBN: | 0763618292 (ISBN13: 9780763618292) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Witch Child #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Rhode Island Teen Book Award Nominee (2002), North East Teenage Book Award Nominee (2002) |
Celia Rees
Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 3.8 | 16055 Users | 1227 Reviews
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| Title | : | Witch Child (Witch Child #1) |
| Author | : | Celia Rees |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2002 by Candlewick Press (MA) (first published 2000) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fantasy. Fiction. Paranormal. Witches |
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The spellbinding diary of a teenage girl who escapes persecution as a witch--only to face new intolerance in a Puritan settlement.Enter the world of young Mary Newbury, a world where simply being different can cost a person her life. Hidden until now in the pages of her diary, Mary's startling story begins in 1659, the year her beloved grandmother is hanged in the public square as a witch. Mary narrowly escapes a similar fate, only to face intolerance and new danger among the Puritans in the New World. How long can she hide her true identity? Will she ever find a place where her healing powers will not be feared?
Just two weeks after publication, Celia Rees's WITCH CHILD spirited its way onto the Book Sense Children's Only 76 list as one of the Top 10 books that independent booksellers like to handsell. Within a month, this riveting book sold out its first two hardcover printings. Now, Candlewick Press is pleased to announce the publication of WITCH CHILD in paperback.
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Ratings: 3.8 From 16055 Users | 1227 ReviewsAssess Out Of Books Witch Child (Witch Child #1)
This wonderful historical novel for teenagers begins: I am Mary. I am a witch. It is set in 1659, during the tumultuous months after Cromwells death and before the return of Charles II. Her story is purportedly told in diary entries that have been found sewn inside a quilt. It is a tragic and powerful tale, which begins when Marys grandmother is arrested and tortured by witch-finders and then hanged in the town square. Mary is rescued by a rich woman who she suspects may be her real mother, andWitch Child is a really good story, one about how people fear what they don't understand. It's bad enough that the main character's grandmother was hanged after she was accused of being a witch, but now Mary has to keep her own magical powers a secret, lest she be sent to death herself.
🐺🌗🔮"Witch Child had been on my shelf for over a year until I finally picked it up and decided to read it. Its a story about a girl named Mary that is a witch and the book is written in the format of her secret diary. Its set in the 17th century where women were burned or hanged without any trials for the most simple suspicions of them being witches." (...)👉 Read more of my review on my blog post - https://nomuhjournal.wordpress.com/20...
3.5 stars! When her grandmother is accused for sorcery, Mary has to flee immediately. With the help of a mysterious woman, she is able to get on a boat that is leaving the continent for the New World. Living within a puritan settlement, Mary is however once again the target of hatred and persecution. Will her friends be able to protect her? I have always been intersted in reading about the persecution of whiches and sorceres as one of the darkest chapters in human history and I remember that I
Plot: This is the story of Mary a British teenager living in the time of the restoration of the monarchy.After he grandmother is accuse of witchcraft who is sent to live in the American colony of Salem. Favourite Quote: 'If I had any power, any at all, I would destroy them all, right here and now. I would turn them into mass of fornicating toads. I would turn them into leprous blind newts and set them to eat themselves. I would cover their bodies with suppurating plague sores. I would curse them
3.6279 stars They did not want her drowning, because that would deprive the people of a hanging. Witch Child is presented as a collection of found journal entries written by Mary Newbury between March 1659 and October 1660. Mary comes from a family of witches and therefore defines herself as a witch (even though she doesnt really practice much). After Marys grandmother is hanged she must flee to avoid the same fate. She boards a ship to the New World where she hopes to leave behind her witchy
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