daavine.blogg.se - The Sacrifice by Kathleen Benner Duble

If you had lived during that time, what entertainment might you have substituted or how might you have expressed yourself artistically to make up for the lack of theater, museums, TV, computers, movies, etc.?.

Can you think of another situation either now or in the past (such as the McCarthy era), where fear has overcome reason? What were the consequences of this?.

What beliefs of Puritan life in 1692 do you think we still hold on to today?.

Mothers and daughters Sisters Witchcraft Puritans Family life They await trial in a prison while their mother desperately searches for some way to obtain their freedom. Abigail and her sister are accused of being witches when fear and panic spread from Salem to their hometown of Andover, Massachusetts. In 1692, life changes forever for ten-year-old Abigail and her family. Told from Abigail's point of view and based on actual events in the author's own family histoy, The Sacrifice offers a unique perspective of the Salem witch trials by delving into the devestating effects the trials had not just in Salem but throughout Massachusetts. At the heart of this gripping story are Abigail and her sister, Dorothy, who together must find a way to persevere during a period marked by terror, adversity, and ignorance.

It isn't long before chaos consumes Andover, and the Faulkners find themselves in the center of it all when friend turns themselves in the center of it all when friend turns against friend, neighbor against neighbor, in a desperate fight for the truth. When two girls are brought from Salem to identify witches in Andover, suspicion sweeps the town as well-respected members of the community are accused of witchcraft. In Salem, Massachusetts, witches have been found, and widespread fear and panic reign mere miles from Abigail's home of Andover.

At the heart of this gripping story are Abigail and her sister, Dorothy, who together must find a way to persevere during a period marked by terror, adversity, and ignorance.Told from Abigail's point of view and based on actual events in the author's own family histoy,The Sacrificeoffers a unique perspective of the Salem witch trials by delving into the devestating effects the trials had not just in Salem but throughout Massachusetts.In the year 1692, life changes forever for ten-year-old Abigail Faulkner and her family. In the year 1692, life changes forever for ten-year-old Abigail Faulkner and her family.