A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials (ISBN 0-15-204682-8) is a novel by Ann Rinaldi released in 1992, and is part of the Great Episodes series. Ann Rinaldi (b. ... See also: 1991 in literature, other events of 1992, 1993 in literature, list of years in literature. ...

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Synopsis

Susanna English desperately wants to join the group of girls who meet every week at the parsonage. What she does not realize is that the leader of the group, Ann Putnam, is about to set off a torrent of false accusations leading to the imprisonment of more than one hundred innocent people - and the execution of twenty.

When Susanna puts the pieces together, she faces a painful choice. She can keep quiet and let the witch-hunt panic continue, or she can "break charity" with the group and risk having her family named as witches.

Fictional and Historical Characters in the Novel

The author of A Break With Charity uses fictional and historical characters both in order to better relate the story of the Salem Witch Trials. Susanna English, for instance, is a fictional observer: she is the narrator telling the story of the Witch Trials from both inside and outside of the proceedings. She interacts with historical characters, but did not in fact exist. Her parents however, Mary and Philip English did exist, and were considered the richest people in Salem. They were both arrested separately, but they were given more privileges in jail.

Historical personages featured within the novel include the twenty men and women executed for witchcraft; see The Salem Witch Trials for a full list. 1876 illustration of the courtroom; the central figure is usually identified as Mary Walcott The Salem witch trials, begun in 1692, resulted in a number of convictions and executions for witchcraft in both Salem Village and Salem Town, Massachusetts. ...