In the Salem Village of 1692, superstition and hysteria peaked with the Salem witch trials. One of the first three "witches" condemned is Tituba, a slave from Barbados. "This restrained but dramatic narrative . . . brings to life not only Tituba but also those around her, and shows how suspicion against her culminated in her arrest and trial".--Booklist. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Published almost 30 years ago, this compelling novel concerns a girl brought from her native Barbados to be a slave in 17th-century Salem, and is suspected by the villagers of practic ing witchcraft. Ages 10-up. (Sept.) From: Reed Elsevier Inc. Copyright Reed Business Information

The recent reissue of Petry's first novel, The Street (1946), has enabled contemporary readers to rediscover an important voice in African American literature. The Street tells the story of an African American woman's attempts to protect herself and her young son from the violence and degradation of the racist country in which she lives. Although in her later works she departs from racial themes, Petry is probably most important for her treatment of the particular impact on African American women of America's racial tensions. She also writes books for children, including The Drugstore Cat (1949). Petry was born in Connecticut.

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