Witch Child by Celia Rees [U.S. FIRST EDITION] 2001 • Candlewick Press

Witch Child by Celia Rees FIRST EDITION [2001] CANDLEWICK PRESS 3rd printing.  Hardcover with dust jacket in excellent condition.   Small strip of discoloration to front endpaper.  Otherwise, Mint w. minor shelf wear. Dust jacket now housed in a new archival quality jacket protector. The spellbinding diary of a teenage girl who escapes persecution as a witch--only to face new intolerance in a Puritan settlement.Enter the world of young Mary Newbury, a world where simply being different can cost a person her life. Hidden until now in the pages of her diary, Mary's startling story begins in 1659, the year her beloved grandmother is hanged in the public square as a witch. Mary narrowly escapes a similar fate, only to face intolerance and new danger among the Puritans in the New World. How long can she hide her true identity? Will she ever find a place where her healing powers will not be feared?Just two weeks after publication, Celia Rees's WITCH CHILD spirited its way onto the Book Sen