Books like A Break with Charity by Ann Rinaldi

The Crucible is a play by Arthur Miller that dramatizes the Salem witch trials of 1692-1693, reflecting on McCarthyism and American history through allegory.

A 1943 British fighter pilot crash-lands in Nazi‑occupied France and recounts her daring escape, espionage, and friendship to a young French woman while concealing her true mission.

When a ten‑year‑old Sarah is seized in the 1942 Vel' d'Hiv’ roundup, her friend Julia, a journalist two decades later, discovers that the past still haunts their families and forces her to confront her own identity in post‑war France.

Teenage slave Isabel navigates the American Revolution in New York, using her wit and the help of a Patriot spy to fight for her and her sister’s freedom.

Orphaned Kit Tyler arrives in Connecticut Colony and finds freedom only in the company of the Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, but when their friendship is discovered, Kit faces mistrust and witchcraft accusations.

Set amid the 1692 Salem witch trials, this juvenile narrative follows a group of young girls whose sudden bouts of screaming and visions spark fears of devil worship and put them—alongside their families—under scrutiny.

A first‑person diary of Deliverance Trembley, a Salem Village girl who cares for her sister and faces a cruel uncle, finds herself embroiled in the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials after local girls make accusations against nearby women.

In 1692 Salem Village, Tituba, a slave of the minister, shares her perspective on the witch trials—she admits to witchcraft yet survives beyond the many executed accused.

At eleven, Lucky in the tiny California town of Hard Pan learns early lessons in friendship, trust, and adventure, while her world expands beyond the desert horizon.

In 1691 New England, twelve‑year‑old Mary Chase battles the witchcraft hysteria threatening her mother’s life.

When Sarah Wright and her father Ephraim relocate to Salem Village in 1692, they become entangled in the witchcraft trials; Sarah must summon courage to free her father from jail.

39 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cmNC1130L Lexile; Middle School.

Five Alaska Native teens—Luke, Chickie, Sonny, Donna, and Amiq—navigate the challenges of a Catholic boarding school in the early 1960s, discovering friendship and belonging across diverse tribal backgrounds.

A detailed account of Salem’s 17th‑century witch trials, this juvenile history blends primary source documents, engaging narrative and vivid illustrations to bring the era’s paranoia and legal drama to life for young readers.

"Few events in American history are as well remembered as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. But there was another witch hunt that year, in Stamford, Connecticut, that has never been examined in depth. Now Richard Godbeer describes this "other witch hunt" in a concise narrative that illuminates the colonial world and shatters the stereotype of early New Englanders as quick to accuse and condemn. That stereotype originates with Salem, which was in many ways unlike other outbreaks of witch-hunting in the region." "Drawing on eye-witness testimony, Godbeer tells the story of Kate Branch, a seventeen-year-old afflicted by strange visions and given to blood-chilling wails of pain and fright. Branch accused several women of bewitching her, two of whom were put on trial for witchcraft. The book takes us inside the courtroom - and inside the minds of the surprisingly skeptical Stamford townsfolk. Was the pain and screaming due to natural causes, or to supernatural causes? Was Branch simply faking the symptoms? And if she was bewitched, why believe her specific accusations, since her information came from demons who might well be lying? For the judges, Godbeer shows, the trial was a legal thicket. All agreed that witches posed a real and serious threat, but proving witchcraft (an invisible crime) in court was another matter. The court in Salem had become mired in controversy over its use of dubious evidence. In an intriguing passage, Godbeer examines Magistrate Jonathan Selleck's notes on how to determine the guilt of someone accused of witchcraft - an illuminating look at what constituted proof of witchcraft at the time. The stakes were high - if found guilty, the two accused women would be hanged."--BOOK JACKET.

A 10‑year‑old Louisa May Alcott and her family journey to the 1843 Massachusetts experiment Fruitlands, chronicling their utopian hopes and daily trials through shared and secret diaries.

A stirring historical tale set during the 1692 Salem Witch Trials, following sisters Abigail and Dorothy as they confront false accusations and survive a harrowing year in jail.

When a stormy night brings witch‑like rumors to a Salem town, orphan Hannah must decide whether to protect her friends or refuse to name accused neighbors, risking her own safety.