Verse+Novels

=Cyber-Hunt on Stephanie Hemphill= This author was very hard to find information on outside of book critiques, but I hope you enjoy learning about this fairly new YAL author!

 Hemphill, S. (2010). //Wicked girls: a novel of the salem witch trials//. New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers.

//Written by Stephanie Hemphill//
This Printz Award winning author spins a tale of what ifs in this historical based verse novel. With the use of real life characters, the author gives us a glimpse into what might have been the driving force behind the government, and church, sanctioned killings of 19 Salem residents in 1692. Based on factual events, this novel paints a picture of greed, jealousy, and revenge through the eyes of the town's "afflicted" young girls. Written from the perspective of 3 of the girls involved, today's young adults will find many parrellels to their own struggles and emotions. With archaic language and interesting abstract theories of a time few actual facts are known, this book is a great companion for teaching this infantile era of America's history.