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Itâs the Salem Witch Trials meets Mean Girls in this New York Times bestselling novel from one of the descendants of Cotton Mather, where the trials of high school start to feel like a modern-day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salemâs past.
Salem, Massachusetts, is the site of the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather. Recently transplanted from New York City, Sam and her stepmother are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Sam is the descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for those trialsâand almost immediately, she becomes the enemy of a group of girls who call themselves the Descendants. And guess who their ancestors were?
If dealing with that werenât enough, Sam also comes face to face with a real, live (well, technically dead) ghost. A handsome, angry ghost who wants Sam to stop touching his stuff. But soon Sam discovers she is at the center of a centuries-old curse affecting anyone with ties to the trials. Sam must come to terms with the ghost and find a way to work with the Descendants to stop a deadly cycle that has been going on since the first accused witch was hanged. If any town should have learned its lesson, itâs Salem. But history may be about to repeat itself.
âItâs like Mean Girls meets history class in the best possible way.â âSeventeen Magazine
âMather shines a light on the lessons the Salem Witch Trials can teach us about modern-day bullyingâand what we can do about it.â âBustle
âStrikes a careful balance of creepy, fun, and thoughtful.â âNPR
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I am utterly addicted to Matherâs electric debut. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, twisting and turning with ghosts, witches, an ancient curse, andâsighâromance. Itâs beautiful. Haunting. The characters are vivid and real.  I. Could. Not. Put. It. Down.â âJennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright Places