Wicked Girls

Hemphill, Stephanie. Wicked Girls. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2010. Print. ISBN 978-0-06-185328-9. Hardcover. $16.99 USD.

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Annotation: Wicked Girls details the events of the Salem Witch Trials through the eyes of the girls who started the chaos.

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In 1692, in the town of Salem Massachusetts, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams have fallen ill. They are experiencing terrible fits of shrieking, visions of goblins, and violent twitching. With no medical explanation, their minister believes the girls are being tortured by a witch. They are what the townspeople call afflicted. Ann Putnam, Betty's cousin, sees their illness as a way to get attention and power. A way to get back at those who have wronged her family. However, what starts as an evil prank turns into a dark period in history known as the Salem Witch Trials.

Along with Abigail and Elizabeth, Ann convinces her step-cousin Margaret, housemaid Mercy, and two other girls, to join her in mimicking afflictions.With skilled acting and manipulation, these seven young ladies fool Salem residents into believing they are being tormented by the specters of local townspeople.

However, these lies soon turn the small New England town into a frenzy. Each day more and more people are being accused of witchcraft. Everyone is a suspect.The girls know they are the only ones that can end this madness. But is their desire for attention and revenge more important than the well-being of innocent people? Will they put an end to this terror? Or will they continue to be Wicked Girls?

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