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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.7 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1340L
Language
English
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Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th century Boston, The scarlet letter describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society. Having given birth to a child after an illicit affair, she refuses to name the father and is forced to wear the letter A for adulteress embroidered on her dress
Author
Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 'The Flight Attendant,' the enthralling story of a young Puritan woman who marries the wrong man and soon finds herself caught up in the violence and hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials"--
Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield's skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors. But here in the New World, amid this community of saints, Mary is the second wife of Thomas Deerfield,...
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Language
English
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"Hannah Thomas left the South and all that was familiar to marry her beloved John. But the fact that she's never been quite accepted by his mother and sister and that she doesn't quite fit the strict Massachusetts Puritan community only becomes more difficult when John is killed in one of the first battles in the war for freedom. Hannah is allowed to continue to serve as lightkeeper for the twin tower lighthouses on the lonely coastline, but it is...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ten years after the Mayflower pilgrims arrived on rocky, unfamiliar soil, Plymouth is not the land its residents had imagined. Seemingly established on a dream of religious freedom, in reality the town is led by fervent puritans who prohibit the residents from living, trading, and worshipping as they choose. By the time an unfamiliar ship, bearing new colonists, appears on the horizon one summer morning, Anglican outsiders have had enough." --
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Sarah Wright and her father Ephraim move to Salem Village, Massachusetts, in 1692, where they witness the Salem witchcraft hysteria, during which Ephraim is arrested and Sarah must try to help him escape from jail.
7) Witch child
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.
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Language
Español
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Ambientada en la Nueva Inglaterra de los puritanos del siglo XVII, La letra escarlata (1849) narra el terrible impacto que un simple acto de pasión desencadena en las vidas de tres miembros de la comunidad: Hester Prynne, una mujer de espíritu libre e independiente, objeto del escarnio público y condenada a llevar la "A" de "Adúltera"; el reverendo Dimmesdale, un alma atormentada por la culpa aunque digno de la estima general, y Chillingworth,...
10) Love's pursuit
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Mitchell reveals the world of the Puritans in this powerful story of love beyond measure set in a community where grace is unknown.
11) The sacrifice
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
vii, 211 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Two sisters, aged ten and twelve, are accused of witchcraft in Andover, Massachusetts, in 1692 and await trial in a miserable prison while their mother desperately searches for some way to obtain their freedom.
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