Tituba of Salem Village

By Ann Lane Petry

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Reading Level-Grade 8, History, Juvenile fiction, Tituba, Reading Level-Grade 6, Fiction, Slavery, united states, Trials (Witchcraft), Children's fiction, Witchcraft, Paranormal fiction, Witchcraft, fiction, Reading Level-Grade 7, Puritans, fiction, African americans, fiction, Slavery, united states, juvenile literature

Description: A captivating historical fiction book about the Salem witch trials told in the voice of the Putnam's slave Tituba. She is the only one to admitted to witchcraft, and the only one not to be executed. Tituba, the minister's slave, gazed into the stone watering trough. She did not see her own reflection. Instead, she saw a vision of herself, surrounded by angry people. The people were staring at her. Their faces showed fear. That was several years ago. It is now 1692, and there is strange talk in Salem Village. Talk of witches. Several girls have been taken with fits, and there is only one explanation: Someone in the village has been doing the devil's work. All eyes are on Tituba, the one person who can tell fortunes with cards, and who can spin a thread so fine it must be magic. Did Tituba see the future that day at the watering trough? If so, could she actually be hanged for practicing witchcraft?