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1) Witch child
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In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.
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From the author of Emily's House comes a “compelling, emotionally gripping”* novel of historical fiction—perfect for readers of America’s First Daughter.
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1676. Even before Mary Rowlandson was captured by Indians on a winter day of violence and terror, she sometimes found herself in conflict with her rigid Puritan community. Now, her home destroyed, her children lost to...
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1676. Even before Mary Rowlandson was captured by Indians on a winter day of violence and terror, she sometimes found herself in conflict with her rigid Puritan community. Now, her home destroyed, her children lost to...
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Presents an overview of the history of the early American colony of Massachusetts, using primary source materials, with information on its founding, settlement, growth as a colony, and role in the American Revolution. Introduces the Massachusetts Colony, from the arrival of the "Mayflower" in 1620 to the 1788 ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
13) Saturnalia
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In 1681 in Boston, 14-year-old William, a Narraganset Indian captured in a raid six years earlier, leads a productive & contented life as a printer's apprentice but is increasingly anxious to make some connection with his Indian past.
16) Mingo
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In Massachusetts in 1771, seven-year-old Olivia learns about freedom from her father's slave, Mingo, who was promised that he'd be freed when the tide was low enough that he could walk to a certain spot offshore.
17) The sacrifice
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Two sisters, aged ten and twelve, are accused of witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1692 and await trial in a miserable prison while their mother desperately searches for some way to obtain their freedom.
18) Anne Hutchinson
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Presents a biography of the Puritan woman who was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for disagreeing with the prevailing religious practices.