Father of Lies

By Ann Warren Turner

Subjects: Witchcraft, Witchcraft, fiction, Trials, fiction, Massachusetts, history, fiction, Massachusetts, fiction, Depression, mental, fiction, Fiction, Manic-depressive illness, Children's fiction, History, Trials (Witchcraft)

Description: In 1692 when a plague of accusations descends on Salem Village in Massachusetts and "witch fever" erupts, fourteen-year-old Lidda, who has begun to experience visions and hear voices, tries to expose the lies of the witch trials without being hanged as a witch herself. Includes author's notes about the Salem Witch Trials and bipolar disease.