num_pages: 298
description: Susanna desperately wants to join the circle of girls who meet every week at the parsonage. What she doesn't realize is that the girls are about to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment and execution of countless innocent people. Susanna faces a painful choice. Should she keep quiet and let the witch-hunt panic continue, or should she "break charity" with the group--and risk having her own family members named as witches?Reader's guide included.
language: English
title: A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials
titlecomplete: A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials
genres: 17th Century, Historical, Historical Fiction, Childrens, School, Witches, Young Adult, Young Adult Historical Fiction, Teen, Fiction
ratings_count: 5989
places: Massachusetts
publisher: Gulliver Books/Harcourt Brace & Company