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The Sacrifice

The Sacrifice
This edition: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
Ages: 10 - 14
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Awards and Nominations

  • ALA Best Books for Young Adults Nominee
  • Great Stone Face Book Award Master List (NH)
  • Jefferson Cup Worthy of Note
  • Keystone to Reading Book Award Master List (PA)
  • KSRC Middle School Titles - Top Pick
  • Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Master List
  • Massachusetts Children's Book Award Master List
  • Nevada Young Reader's Award Nominee
  • Pennsylvania School Librarian Association (PSLA) "Top Ten (Or So)" Young Adult Books
  • Sunshine State Young Reader's Award Master List (FL)
  • Virginia Readers’ Choice Award Master List
  • William Allen White Children's Book Award Master List (KS)
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Description

In the year 1692, life changes forever for ten-year-old Abigail Faulkner and her family. In Salem, Massachusetts, witches have been found, and widespread fear and panic reign mere miles from Abigail's home of Andover. 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. 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. 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 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.

How did you come to write this book?

My father discovered the story of Abigail Faulkner when doing geneological research on my family. Abigail, my great-grandmother (nine times back) was ten years of age and accused of witchcraft. To make things even stranger, it turns out that I was living on land my great-grandfather (Abigail's grandfather) had owned - and I didn't even know it! Who could ignore the call to write this story!

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