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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
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"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history," Arthur Miller wrote in an introduction to The Crucible, his classic play about the witch-hunts and trials in seventeenth-century Salem, Massachusetts. Based on historical people and real events, Miller's drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria. In the rigid theocracy of Salem, rumors that women...
2) The crucible
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Tale about the Puritan witch trials in the late 1600's Salem (Massachusetts), and how this historical play's lessons apply to contemporary society.
3) Hocus pocus
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Formats
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After 300 years, three sister witches are resurrected in Salem Massachusetts on Halloween night, and it us up to two teenagers, a young girl, and an immortal cat to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
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Series
Fábula volume 245
Pub. Date
2008, c1997
Description
Presents both the play revealing the Salem witch trials of the late seventeenth century and the problem of guilt by association and the screenplay that the author later wrote to adapt the same material to the medium of film.
5) The crucible
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A group of teenage girls meets in the woods at midnight for a secret love-conjuring ceremony. When the ceremony is witnessed by the town minister, the girls are accused of witchcraft. Soon the entire village is consumed by hysteria, and innocent victims are put on trial, leading to a devastating climax.
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