Gallows Hill, Lois Ruby
Gallows Hill, Lois Ruby
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Gallows Hill

Author: Lois Ruby

Narrator: Michael Crouch, Jess Nahikian

Unabridged: 5 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2023

Synopsis

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. Thomas is marked as an outcast the moment he steps off the ship from England. As a Quaker, he’s outnumbered and distrusted by Salem’s Puritans. And as an orphan without any useful skills, he has nowhere to live and no way to earn his keep. In a stroke of luck?perhaps good, perhaps not?he’s taken in by the aged widow Prudence Blevins, who’s rumored to be a witch. Patience has tried all her life to be a good Puritan?obedient to God and to her elders?and all her life, she has come up short. But her orderly world is upended when her younger sister, Abigail, falls victim to a mysterious affliction. The same torments have stricken other Salem girls, who claim they’re being bewitched by servants of the Devil. Soon the girls, including Abigail, begin accusing neighbors of witchcraft. As the community becomes consumed by suspicion and fear, Thomas and Patience search for the truth. To protect those they care about, they will have to question everything they think they know: their faiths, their loyalties, and their places in Salem.

About Lois Ruby

Lois Ruby is a former librarian and the author of twenty-two books for young people. She divides her time among family, community social action, research, writing, and visiting schools to energize young people about the ideas in books and the joys of reading. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and shares her life with her psychologist husband, Dr. Tom Ruby, as well as their three sons and daughters-in-law and seven amazing grandchildren, who are scattered around the country.

About Michael Crouch

Michael Crouch is an actor based in New York City. His audiobook narrations have earned an Audie Award, multiple Earphones Awards, and Best of the Year accolades from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly. He can also be heard on national commercials, cartoons, video games, and the anime series Pokemon XY and Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V.

About Jess Nahikian

Jess Nahikian is a Midwest-born, British-trained actor and voiceover artist who has worked on sets, on stages, and in sound booths in Scotland, St. Petersburg, the United Kingdom, the United States, and everywhere else in between. She currently resides in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Natasha on September 01, 2024

There was nothing new or exciting about this Salem witch story. It was good, but cliche. Christian puritans damning women to death because other women and children seem to have “afflictions” in their town.......more

Goodreads review by Victoria on October 01, 2023

3.5⭐️ Loved how the characters were written as well as the overall story especially considering it is YA. It didn’t feel like that at all, and I was so invested. The old lady Prudence had so much spunk! And Abigail is beyond frustrating which is the point. I wouldn’t say this is super unique when it......more

Goodreads review by Danielle Nichole on November 01, 2024

Halloween book, I guess? There are at least two other books with this same title and I kind of wonder if I added the wrong one to my TBR. Eh. Decent Salem Witch Trials story, but nothing extra about it. Read by Michael Crouch and Jess Nahikian (I like both of their voices, so maybe I was just follow......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on August 07, 2023

Almost perfect book…..the ending felt rushed and incomplete. This story takes place during the time of the Salem witch trials. The story is told from 2 points of view, a 15 year old Quaker newly orphaned and a teenaged Puritan whose sister is bewitched. I was invested in the characters and was drawn......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on February 02, 2024

The book shows how easy it is for average people to be swept up in the madness of crowds, and sort of reckons with the very odd way different kinds of Christians hate one another.......more

Quotes

Ruby powerfully showcases the terror, and the consequences, of a witchcraft accusation on the accused as well as the community as a whole in the era.

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