The trials of high school start to feel like a modern-day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem's past in this thrilling, creepy and romantic New York Times bestseller.
"I am utterly addicted to Adriana Mather’s electric debut. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, twisting and turning with ghosts, witches, an ancient curse, and – sigh – romance." Jennifer Niven
After Sam's father is hospitalised, she has to move from New York to Salem with her stepmother, Vivian. Unfortunately, Sam is related to Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for the Salem Witch Trials, and to say she feels unwelcome in Salem is an understatement... She is particularly unnerved by The Descendants, a mysterious and tight-knit group of girls related to those persecuted in the Trials. At the same time, she must deal with Elijah, the handsome but angry ghost who has appeared in her house, and her new neighbour Jaxon only complicates things further.
When a centuries-old curse is rekindled, Sam finds herself at the centre of it. Can she stop history repeating itself?
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
ISBN: 9781406378795
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 266 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 23 mm
I am utterly addicted to Adriana Mather’s electric debut. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, twisting and turning with ghosts, witches, an ancient curse, and – sigh – romance. It’s beautiful. Haunting. The characters are vivid and real. I. Could. Not. Put. It. Down. - Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe
It’s like Mean Girls meets history class in the best possible way. - Seventeen.com
A captivating and highly recommended read. Teens will not want this tale to end. - School Library Journal
[A]n entertaining story that draws intriguing parallels between the 17th-century trials and modern-day bullying. - Publishers Weekly
A story about curses, peer pressure, and legacies. - B&N Teen Blog
Teenager Samantha (Sam) Mather’s father is in a coma, her Step Mum Vivian has had to sell their apartment in New York to pay for his medical bills and move them to the house that her Grandmother owned before she died,... More
I've noticed on my last few YA reads that I was really struggling to enjoy them, and had started to think I should skip reading any for a while. Then I picked up this one: YA, contemporary, high school setting:... More
This takes a stance to the witch trials, twists It,and makes it modern of today. Throw some magic, curses and ghosts in the mix to produce an epic teen book. I was truly shocked at the ending,and can't wait for... More
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