What Were the Salem Witch Trials?

by Joan Holub

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448479052
• ISBN13: 9780448479057
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Workshop
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6