In 1692, two girls from a Puritan village in New England start having fits, babbling and contorting their bodies. 'The Devil has been raised among us,' says the minister. The girls accuse three women of tormenting them. The women are tried and convicted of witchcraft. So begins the infamous Salem witch hunt. Young and old, social outcasts and pillars of the community, women and men - no one is safe, anyone can be branded a witch. No evidence is needed - in the Salem court, the word of the 'afflicted' is enough to convict the accused and send them to jail. Nineteen are hanged on Gallows Hill, and four die in prison. A chilling story of fear and paranoia spiralling out of control, with terrifying results.
- ISBN10 0340860561
- ISBN13 9780340860564
- Publish Date 17 April 2003
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hachette Children's Group
- Imprint Hodder Children's Books
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 160
- Language English