a break with charity [Paperback]

ann rinaldi (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Harcourt Brace (1992)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0011WKE3Y
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,047,915 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

ANN RINALDI is an award-winning author best known for bringing history vividly to life. A self-made writer and newspaper columnist for twenty-one years, Ms. Rinaldi attributes her interest in history to her son, who enlisted her to take part in historical reenactments up and down the East Coast. She lives with her husband in central New Jersey.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Educational, Easy Read, Excellent, November 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials (Paperback)

I am a 13 year old who read this book because I was very interested in the Salem Witch Trials. I am a very picky reader and I consider it one of the best books I have ever read. It had a lot of educational information about the trials but at the same time it was not at all boring. At no point in this book did I feel that it was dragging on. This book I could not put down and spent an entire day reading it. I encourage this book to all young adults. Ann Rinaldi is an excellent author and has a real talent for writing!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ann Rinaldi at her best, October 24, 2004

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Calnalvin (Clarksville, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials (Paperback)

I consider "A Break with Charity" to be Ann Rinaldi at her best. She provides an insider's depiction of the Witch Trials using the perspective of a fourteen year old living in Salem, MA. The facts and characters are well-researched. Although the main character, Susanna English, is fictitious, she is a believable and sympathetic character. I heard alot about the witch trials as I grew up outside of Boston and was surprised to learn so much from Rinaldi's attentive detail. This book is intended for young adults and I, as a not so young adult, thoroughly enjoyed every word....it is a page turner that evokes many emotions.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Break With Charity, July 19, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: A Break with Charity: A Story about the Salem Witch Trials (Paperback)

In my opinion this book makes you feel as if you are really there while all these trials are going on. Ann Rinaldi made me actually enjoy reading about history. Now I realise how difficult it was to live back then, how anything you do could make people suspect you as a witch. When reading this book I felt how most people did about the way people were dying and been noticed as a witch. I feel that the actions of the girls were just to protect them selves. Another book I suggest reading is A Wolf By Ears because you get the same feeling of devestation.