"My problem is, I don't know when I'll see my dad," I say, staring out at the well-worn New England homes, with their widow's walks and dark shutters. So now I just take joy in wearing them to her dinner parties. She's perfectly put together in a way I'll never be, and my vegan leather jacket and torn black jeans drive her crazy. Maybe I thought it would rub off on me-an idea I've since given up on. When I was little, I admired her ability to charm roomfuls of people. If it's possible for someone to never have an awkward moment, socially or otherwise, then that someone is my stepmother. Vivian keeps her hand poised over the horn, like a cat waiting to pounce. I wipe a dribble of hazelnut latte off my chin. Especially when your stepmother can't drive, 'cause she's also from New York, and spills your coffee with maniacal brake pounding. At fifteen, though, it's hard to convince anyone that sarcasm's a cultural thing and not a bad attitude. Like most fast-talking, opinionated New Yorkers, I have an affinity for sarcasm. Down.” - Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright Places It keeps you on the edge of your seat, twisting and turning with ghosts, witches, an ancient curse, and-sigh-romance. I am utterly addicted to Mather’s electric debut. “Strikes a careful balance of creepy, fun, and thoughtful.” - NPR
“Mather shines a light on the lessons the Salem Witch Trials can teach us about modern-day bullying-and what we can do about it.” - Bustle “It’s like Mean Girls meets history class in the best possible way.” - Seventeen Magazine But history may be about to repeat itself.
If any town should have learned its lesson, it’s Salem. Sam must come to terms with the ghost and find a way to work with the Descendants to stop a deadly cycle that has been going on since the first accused witch was hanged. But soon Sam discovers she is at the center of a centuries-old curse affecting anyone with ties to the trials. A handsome, angry ghost who wants Sam to stop touching his stuff. If dealing with that weren’t enough, Sam also comes face to face with a real, live (well, technically dead) ghost. Sam is the descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for those trials-and almost immediately, she becomes the enemy of a group of girls who call themselves the Descendants. Recently transplanted from New York City, Sam and her stepmother are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Salem, Massachusetts, is the site of the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather. It’s the Salem Witch Trials meets Mean Girls in this New York Times bestselling novel from one of the descendants of Cotton Mather, where the trials of high school start to feel like a modern-day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem’s past.
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