{"product_id":"witches-the-absolutely-true-tale-of-disaster-in-salem-9781426308697","title":"Witches: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem","description":"\u003cb\u003eTackling the same twisted subject as Stacy Schiff's much-lauded book The Witches: Salem, 1692, this Sibert Honor book for young readers features unique scratchboard illustrations, chilling primary source material, and powerful narrative to tell the true tale.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the little colonial town of Salem Village, Massachusetts, two girls began to twitch, mumble, and contort their bodies into strange shapes. The doctor tried every remedy, but nothing cured the young Puritans. He grimly announced the dire diagnosis: the girls were bewitched! And then the accusations began. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The riveting, true story of the victims, accused witches, crooked officials, and mass hysteria that turned a mysterious illness affecting two children into a witch hunt that took over a dozen people's lives and ruined hundreds more unfolds in chilling, novelistic detail--complete with stylized black-white-and-red scratchboard illustrations of young girls having wild fits in the courtroom, witches flying overhead, and the Devil and his servants terrorizing the Puritans-- in this young adult book by award-winning author and illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Taught in middle and high schools around the U.S., the 17th-century saga remains hauntingly resonant as people struggle even today with the urgent need to find someone to blame for their misfortunes. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWitches!\u003c\/i\u003e has been honored with many prestigious awards, including: . Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor Book \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 2012 Notable Children's Books--ALSC \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e NCSS--Notable Social Studies Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2012 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e School Library Journal Best Books of 2011 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e SLJ's 100 Magnificent Children's Books of 2011 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chicago Public Library Best of the Best 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRosalyn Schanzer is the award-winning author and illustrator of 16 books for young people, including \u003ci\u003eHow We Crossed the West\u003c\/i\u003e which garnered starred reviews from both Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal, and \u003ci\u003eGeorge versus George: The American Revolution as Seen From Both Sides\u003c\/i\u003e, an ALA Notable Book, SLJ Book of the Year, NYPL 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing, and Orbis Pictus Recommended book. She was recently awarded the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for her work on \u003ci\u003eWitches\u003c\/i\u003e. Roz lives in Virginia with her husband, Steve, in a house surrounded by birds.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"National Geographic Kids","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646758359314,"sku":"9781426308697","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6fec78bc-9887-4ab1-9f2d-856fb62c9aab.jpg?v=1733185109","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/witches-the-absolutely-true-tale-of-disaster-in-salem-9781426308697","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}