I’m only nine generations removed from one of the women hanged as a witch in Salem. Susannah Martin is my ninth great-grandmother, and her voice was silenced forever on July 19, 1692. I want to speak for her and for all the victims of Salem.
That’s why I wrote the Salem Witch Haunt series . . . based on primary sources, these three books take you through all the trials and hangings and Giles Corey’s crushing to death in a very real setting, Salem, 1692, as seen through the eyes of a teenage time-traveler.
Much like her 11th great-grandmother (you guessed it, mine too!) Bess Martin has a sharp tongue that gets her into perilous predicaments in 1692. Because she has a near-perfect knowledge of the historical events about to unfold, she knows the untimely fate of many. In this way, I’ve created a great backdrop to introduce the real people and real history of Salem . . . and I can truly speak for my grandmother. In fact, her recorded words as written by the Reverend Samuel Parris during the trials are used verbatim in Salem Witch Haunt. You’ll love her sharp tongue . . . as I do too. Unfortunately, not many appreciated it back then. She had a bit of a rough personality and was quick to snap at her neighbors. She was an easy target for revenge or at least, a lack of compassion.
Book One in Salem Witch Haunt series
When she finds herself thrust back in time, seventeen-year-old Bess Martin, a senior at Danvers High, sets out on a mission to save her eleventh great-grandmother from the gallows tree. With a near-perfect knowledge of the historical events about to unfold, Bess knows the untimely fate of Many. The problem is that Bess has inherited her grandmother's sharp tongue - a tongue that caused her grandmother to be tried and hanged as a witch in Salem Village, 1692. Can Bess stop the hangings and change the course of history, or will she share her grandmother's fate?
Book one, SALEM WITCH HAUNT takes the reader through the first six trials and hangings of Bridget Bishop, Sarah Good, Elizabeth Howe, Susannah Martin, Rebecca Nurse, and Sarah Wildes.
Stranger Than Fiction is a free eBook and it’s identical to book one, Salem Witch Haunt, with the exception of added footnotes to point you to the primary sources I used in writing Salem Witch Haunt. It is my hope that interested people and especially teachers will use this as a resource in teaching the facts about Salem, 1692.
