This book is written based on a diary found in the 1600s about a girl named mary and her journey trying to hide who she is. The salem witch trials are studied in classes to this day, and the events that took place still haunt many people. When mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. Each book has a buy this book link you can get a copy right away. Now im going to read sorceress which is a sequel to witch child hoping it will be as good as the other celia rees ive read. Hidden until now in the pages of her diary, marys startling story begins in 1659, the year her beloved. After marys grandmother is executed as a witch, mary flees her native england for a newfound colony in america, developing strong friendships and beginning to learn the power within. Celia rees witch child is an amazing story and also a true story. Witch child by celia rees is an epistolary novel about a fourteenyearold girl who flees the witch hunts in england and settles in a puritan colony in america. Witch child 2002 read online free book by celia rees in. But rees handles this part of the story well, just enough to get the drift of what life was like during that period.
Celia rees is the author of several childrens books and young adult novels, including every step you take, the vanished, midnight hour, soul taker, truth or dare, sovay, the fools girl, and many others. Celia rees has 36 books on goodreads with 44 ratings. Witch child, by celia rees explores a very contradictory issue that existed in america for a vast amount of time. Welcome to the official website for celia rees, leading writer for young adults. She studied history and politics at warwick university and then went on to teach english in city. And you can click on each books cover for more details. Witch child was shortlisted for the guardian childrens fiction prize in 2001 and won the prix sorcieres in 2003. Witch child by celia rees, 9781408800263, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. After reading about seventeenthcentury witch persecutions and native american shamanism, she says, it occurred to me that the beliefs and skills that would have condemned a woman to death in one society would have been revered in another. Celia rees is one of britains foremost writers for teenagers and her titles for bloomsbury have enjoyed huge success.