BOOK: Gallow Hill by Duncan

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@SATURN.PLANET.NET>]

Duncan, Lois._Gallows Hill_, 1997
Sharon moves with her mother from California to a VERY conservative,
religious and isolated town at the start of her Senior HS year.  In
trying to fit it she is convinced to do a gypsy fortune telling booth
at a school fair.  Eventually she gets accused of being a witch.  It
turns out that the town (including Sharon) is a collection of people
who had been involved in the Salem Witch trials in a previous life.
The whole thing comes to a head at the end when they try to "scare"
her and almost kill her.  The book deals ESP, past-life regression,
reincarnation, and of course the Salem witchcraft trials.  This is a
powerful 227 page book not for elementary students.  There is a
bibliography at the end for people who would like more information
 concerning the mentioned topics. I would not be surprised if we see
this on the "big screen" sometime soon.
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