Library offers book club to middle school students

With the turning of a page in  “The Sacrifice,”  by Kathleen Benner Duble, the Navarre Bookworms are transported into early 17th century Andover, Mass.

Set in a time of religious turmoil, the three bookworms make friends with two colonial sisters, Abigail and Dorothy, who are accused of heresy. The sisters – not much older than the middle school-aged readers  – are assumed witches and jailed for their crime.

Thus, the hysteria surrounding the Salem Witch Trials comes alive.

For more on this story, see the Oct. 30 issue of the Navarre Press or subscribe online.