Beyond the Burning Time

A Newbery Honor author brilliantly recaptures one of the most horrific times in American history. Little Betty Parris has come down with a mysterious ailment that quickly spreads to other girls in the Puritan village of Salem. The illness cannot be cured-are the girls possessed by the devil himself? Betty's family is forced to confront the bizarre and deadly superstitions that will change their lives, and mark Salem forever. "Solidly imagined and appealing."-Kirkus.