Initially set in mid-seventeenth century England, Witch Child follows Mary as she sails across the Atlantic to the shores of Salem, Massachusetts. After a brief stay in the newly settled town of Salem, Mary follows the group to a small settlement called Beulah.
Mary's last days in her small English village are full of fear and sorrow. Expecting to be the next person accused of witchcraft, she readily accepts passage on a ship to the New World, a place where she hopes old fears will not be as strong. While on the ship Annabel, Mary's uncertainty about her future in the Colonies matches the Puritan's worries about leaving England. Mary follows the widow Martha Everdale about the ship, helping where she can, without much purpose. The Annabel follows a similar path through the sea, moving.....
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