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A Break with Charity
A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials | Ann Rinaldi
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Susanna English desperately wants to join the circle of girls who meet every week at the parsonage, but she doesnt realize the leader of the group, the malicious Ann Putnam, is about to set off a torrent of false accusations that will lead to the imprisonment and execution of countless innocent people-victims of a witch-hunt panic. The authors skillful manipulation of the conventions of the young-adult novel-particularly the rich exploration of being an outsider and going against the mainstream-makes this book a superb vehicle for examining the social dynamics of this legendary event.The Horn Book
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TheBookHippie
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When classrooms dumped these from their libraries I grabbed several copies and kept one for myself.

#witchathon

I enjoyed it, well the history part 😅😂🙃🖤

dabbe They can't read Ann Rinaldi? 🤬 I love her books! 🤩 6mo
TheBookHippie @dabbe the operative word is WITCH 6mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie Unf------able. 🤬 6mo
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TheBookHippie @dabbe Day in the life… 6mo
BookwormAHN I'm glad you were able to read it at least 🐈‍⬛ 6mo
dabbe @TheBookHippie 🧡💜💛 6mo
TheBookHippie @BookwormAHN I‘m glad readers went home with copies 😉✊🏼 6mo
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mrp27
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My monthly wrap up. Had a spooktacular time reading this month with #spookoween and #littensdressedinblood. Thanks for hosting @TheSpineView and @MidnightBookGirl

TheSpineView Glad you could join!🧡🎃📖🧙‍♀️🧡🖤📚 2y
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mrsmarch
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#TeamSlaughter Week 3 points update! +163 for the week, 5378 points total so far

Clwojick Awesome job! You're on fire! 🔥 2y
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mrsmarch
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Finished Mexican Gothic in 2 hours (+15, +20) and watched 2 episodes of Dr Who (+10). +46 points total. Closeup photo from a headstone in a cemetery in Virginia. #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter

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#spookoween

🎃🎃🎃 1/2. A ya historical fictional account of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials. I‘m pretty familiar with the history so there was nothing revelatory but this was still an engaging account. Rinaldi is sometimes a hit or miss with me but her history is always on point.

TheSpineView Great job! 🖤🧙‍♀️ 2y
megnews I really love Rinaldi‘s HF. 2y
TheBookHippie I read this every year with students!!! 2y
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mrp27 @megnews Me too. My favorite is the one she did on poet Phyllis Wheatley, not sure I got the spelling correct. 2y
mrp27 @TheBookHippie it‘s a graphic novel but an interesting follow up to this. It follows the life of Ann Putnam in the years after the witch hysteria. 2y
megnews @mrp27 I have read the Wheatley one. Very good. I‘ve also read 2y
TheBookHippie @mrp27 I like that one as well the Phyllis Wheatley one . (Not sure I spelled it correctly either.) 2y
TheBookHippie @mrp27 love a graphic novel! Adding it to my list! Thanks ! 2y
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KimberlyJuracich
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Loved this book. I think this is the first one of her books I read. And it was good.

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SummerDaisy
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While fictional, this book offers a wonderful view into a turbulent time in Massachusetts history: the Salem Witch Trail. Told by the point of view of a girl around the same age as the girls “afflicted” by witchcraft, she knows the truth behind the false claims and struggles between revealing the truth and having her own family named as witches and hung or keeping silent and protecting those she loves.

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While visiting #Boston, I will be taking a trip through to #Salem for my wild card trip... I want to pay homage to the innocents who lost their lives during the trials.

#AugustIsATrip @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Avanders Also, Salem is one of my favorite cities in this country! Enjoy your trip!! 💙 (or.... is this a reading trip? 😬) 6y
vkois88 @avanders sadly, this is only a reading trip for the moment. I plan on trying to get to Salem for real within the next few years though!! It's always been a place I've wanted to see 6y
Avanders @vkois88 me too! and we finally went a couple years ago.. I loved it 🤗 6y
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vkois88 @avanders SUPER JEALOUS!!! 6y
Avanders @vkois88 you'll get there! Then I'll be jealous of you 😜😘 6y
vkois88 @avanders 😘😘😘 6y
Craftylikefox Salem is so great!!! I go down at least once a year. It is worth checking out ☺️ 6y
vkois88 @Craftylikefox ahhhhh!!! I wish I lived closer so I could do that... it would be perfect 😍😍 of course, whenever I get there, it will be during fall!! 6y
Craftylikefox Definitely! Fair warning If you want to stay in Salem in October the hotels usually book up almost a year in advance. I am lucky that where I live in Maine it‘s not a bad drive, for a day trip. 6y
vkois88 @craftylikefox I'll keep it in mind! It's probably a couple years off anyway, so I can save up and LO can really walk/run around! 🤗🤗 6y
vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I've been holding onto it for late September/October. I love Ann Rinaldi and somehow missed this one before! 6y
Craftylikefox I bet she will love it! 6y
vkois88 @craftylikefox I think so... my little witchy baby ❤❤❤ 6y
Q84 I just picked this one up from the annual library sale. Planning for a read in October 6y
vkois88 @Q84 yes! I can't wait to dive into it! 6y
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