Dear America
I Walk in Dread: The Diary of Deliverance Trembley, Witness to the Salem Witch Trials, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1691
Published in 2004, Dear America is a witch fiction novel by Lisa Rowe Fraustino. The story is set in Salem, Mass. and Salem, in the Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775. Readers will find themes of diaries, witchcraft, prejudices and puritans.
50 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list.
At about 203 pages, most readers finish it in 3–4 hours.
About Dear America
One of our final two Dear Americas, this is the compelling diary of a young girl who finds herself caught up in the turmoil and drama of the Salem Witch Trials. Deliverance Trembley lives in Salem Village, where she must take care of her sickly sister, Mem, and where she does her daily chores in fear of her cruel uncle's angry temper. But when four young girls from the village accuse some of the local women of being witches, Deliverance finds herself caught up in the ensuing drama of the trials. And life in Salem is never the same.
Quick answers
Who wrote Dear America?
Dear America was written by Lisa Rowe Fraustino and first published in 2004.
What genre is Dear America?
It is usually shelved as Witch Fiction.
How long is Dear America?
The median edition has 203 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to Dear America?
Readers who like it often enjoy The Devil's Door, A Break with Charity and Beyond the Burning Time.
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