Hearn, Julie, 1958-

The minister's daughter / Julie Hearn. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005. - 263 p. ; 24 cm.

Published in Great Britain under the title "The Merrybegot."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [264]

In 1645 in England, the daughters of the town minister successfully accuse a local healer and her granddaughter of witchcraft to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but years later during the 1692 Salem trials their lie has unexpected repercussions..

Ages 12 up.

ISBN: 0689876904

LCCN: 2004018324

Subjects--Personal Names:
Hopkins, Matthew, d. 1647 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fairies--Fiction.
Pregnancy--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Supernatural--Fiction.
Trials (Witchcraft)--Fiction.
Witchcraft--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Fiction.
Salem (Mass.)--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Fiction.
Somerset (England)--History--Civil War, 1642-1649--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.H34625 / M56 2005 PZ7.H34625 / M56 2005

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]