witchcraft

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witchcraft

Wise Child

1997
Abandoned by both her parents, nineyear-old Wise Child goes to live with the witch woman Juniper, who begins to train her in the ways of herbs and magic.

The other ones

1999
High school sophomore Bridget Raynes has to decide whether or not to accept her powers of witchcraft, or abandon them and try to fit in as an ordinary teenager.

The strange case of Doctor Jekyll and Mademoiselle Odile

2012
In this prequel to "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" set in 1870s Paris during the Prussian siege, an orphaned sixteen-year-old girl whose knowledge of witchcraft includes transformation spells meets a young medical doctor from London.

The betrayal of Maggie Blair

2011
In seventeenth-century Scotland, Maggie Blair is sentenced to be hanged as a witch but escapes to the home of her uncle, placing him and his family in great danger as she risks her life to save them all from the King's men.

The witchcraft of Salem village

1993
Describes the social and religious conditions surrounding the Salem witch hunts, the extensive trials and executions, and the aftermath of the hysteria.

The crucible

a play in four acts
1995
Against the backdrop of the seventeenth-century Salem witch trials, a woman extracts revenge against her married paramour by charging that he and his wife are sorcerers.

The three little witches storybook

2002
Zoe, Zara, and Ziggy have a series of adventures while arranging a midnight Halloween party, featuring acro-bats, beetleburgers, and a few surprises, for all of their friends in the Magic Wood.

The Salem witch trials

2002
Provides an account of the trials that took place in Salem Village in 1692 after two young girls claimed several of the community's women were witches, and discusses the mass hysteria that gripped Salem in the wake of the accusations.

The Salem witch trials

2002
Examines events that led to the Salem Witch Trials in late seventeenth-century Massachusetts, reviews the history of the actual trials, and discuses the end of the hysteria after nearly twenty innocent people had been put to death.

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