Witch Child
by Celia Rees
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Author: Celia ReesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-07-13
ISBN: 0763614211
Number of pages: 261
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Candlewick
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Book Review: A deeply moving story of a young girl's search for home.
Summary: 5 Stars
Mary was raised in a small English village by an old woman she knows as her grandmother. The year is now 1659, and Mary is fourteen. Suspicion has fallen on her grandmother, a healer, and she ends up being hung for witchcraft. The villagers plan to turn on Mary next, but she escapes with the aid of a wealthy woman who turns out to be her mother. Her "grandmother" is not her grandmother at all, but her mother's childhood nursemaid. Her mother still will not care for her, but she does provide Mary with a ticket for a ship bound for the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Disguising herself as a Puritan, Mary sets out. But trouble and sorrow follow her across the ocean and into the wilderness. Even in the New World, Mary's life is threatened by the powerful leaders of the community, who are predjudiced against anyone who is different. The story was told through the form of diary entries written by Mary. Since there was no real ending, I hope there is a sequal. Over the course of the book, I came to really care about Mary, and I'd love to read about what happened to her.
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