The release date for the English version of 'Witch Child' by
Celia Rees is Apr 2002. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The captivating journal of a young girl fleeing persecution for being a witch, only to encounter fresh bigotry in a Puritan community.
Enter Mary Newbury's world, where a person's life might be lost for no other reason than that they are different. Mary's shocking narrative, which has only been revealed in the pages of her journal, starts in 1659, the year her cherished grandmother is hung in the public square for being a witch. Mary almost avoids a similar death, only to encounter prejudice and fresh peril in the New World among the Puritans. How long can she keep her actual identity a secret? When will she discover a location where people won't fear her healing abilities?
Two weeks after its release, Celia Rees's WITCH CHILD, one of the Top 10 books that independent bookstores prefer to handsell, brashly made its way into the Book Sense Children's Only 76 list. This captivating book sold out of its initial two hardback printings in less than a month. Now, Candlewick Press is pleased to announce the publication of WITCH CHILD in paperback.