Thank you all for you assistance with my request. I
passed on all the information to the principal of the
school. Apparently, the mother did not read the whole
book, and has dropped the complaint. The mother has
now moved on to complaining about something else.
However, the child did not read the book. I don’t know
if the child read one of the following books or did
some research instead.
Everyone recommended that the school put in place a
method for dealing with book challenges. In
particular, some challenge forms asks parents what
exactly they
object to, what page and chapter, is it language,
idea, not age appropriate or what. Also, is there
anything in the book they find of redeeming value?
Some alternative titles suggested for the child to
read instead of Witch Child were:
a) The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth Speare
This book touches upon the subject of those
considered witches by the actions and words they used
that were considered "in keeping with the devil".
b) Tituba of Salem Village by Ann Lane Petry.
It is about the West Indian slave that was in question
at the beginning of the trials during the year
1692-93. She was considered to be the one to have
originally taught the girls her Voodoo religion and
that, of course, was considered keeping the Devil's
company.
c) Birdie of the wild Rose Inn by Jennifer Armstrong
Bridie MacKenzie joins her parents in the
Massachusetts Bay Colony. She vows not to give up
either her faith or the healing herbs she has brought
from Scotland.
d) Beyond the burning time by Kathryn Lasky
When, in the winter of 1691, accusations of witchcraft
surface in her small New England village,
twelve-year-old Mary Chase fights to save her mother
from execution.
e) A break with charity: a story about the
Salem witch trials by Ann Rinaldi
While waiting for a church meeting in 1706, Susanna
English, daughter of a wealthy Salem merchant, recalls
the malice, fear, and accusations of witchcraft that
tore her village apart in 1692.
f) Priscilla Foster: the story of a Salem girl by
Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler in conjunction with
Carey-Greenberg Associates; illustrated by Robert
Gantt Steele.
Hannah hears Granny Priss recount her involvement in
the Salem witch trials of 1692 and the terrible
consequences that occurred when Granny Priss, as a
young girl, joined Ann Putnam in accusing many
innocent women of being witches
It was also suggested that the parent read The Devil
In Massachusetts by Marion Starkey in order to better
able discuss the matter with the child.
Again, thanks to everyone for your prompt responses to
me.
Mary Willen
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Mary Willen
Teacher Librarian
The Coral Bay School
P.O. Box 37 - Parcel 6D
Cruz Bay, St. John
USVI 00831-0037
marycoralbay@yahoo.com
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