The+Burning+Time

__The Burning Time__ is a book about a fifteen-year-old girl named Rose. She has two older brothers who travel a lot to trade crops, a mother who works as a mid-wife, and a father. Rose's father had just returned home from a trip when he was thrown from his horse and his neck is broken. Father left his land to Rose and his wife, which makes his family very angry. Rose's Uncle Fabrisse harasses her mother because he thinks he deserves the land more than two women, and he also wants to share a bed with Rose's mother. After nights of Uncle's threats, Aunt Bernadette assumes that Rose's mother is trying to steal her husband just because the widow no longer has a husband of her own. This angers the family even more. So Rose and her mother go to a house by the church Father Bernard gives them. Then Father Bernard proposes to mother but she rejects him and this makes him angry, too. Jean, Rose's cousin, and Pierre, a boy who works for Rose and her mother to help with the land left to them, both propose to Rose and she refuses both boys. Rose's mother is a very helpful and successful mid-wife who has helped about everyone in their village, but that doesn't keep them from turning against the woman. Pierre proposes to Rose twice, but she refuses him. Father Bernard, Uncle Fabrisse, Jean, and Pierre have accused mother of being a witch. They stripped her naked, poked her with needles, and slowly shave her. Raymond makes her go to his sheep house out of the village to hide. Rose still is foolish and visits her mother as much as possible. One visit, she almost get caught and accidentally hides in the torture room. She watches a crazy woman being tortured. After her, Roses mother comes in. Then while she is being questioned, she is burned and had her finger nails screwed. They put her mother's foot in a boot and poured boiling water in the boot. That burned her and the burn became infected. As Rose is running away, she runs into Raymond, who is very handsome, and tells her that he and she are to be married. Rose's mother convinces Rose to give a potion that will kill her so she won't have to endure more pain. Her mother dies and Rose's mother-in-law, who is also accused of being a witch, runs away with her. Then one day, Raymond will come back for Rose and they will live happily ever after.

I learned that witch trials also happened in France. The Witch Trials mainly targeted women, widows, and preferably those who came from rich back grounds. -Jordin I had no idea that the witch trials also happened in France. The witch trials killed many women who never did anything. Most people favored the witch trials, including the Church. The Church thought that it needed to be rid of imperfects, like witches. -Ana I learned that they blamed people just because they were women and that they didn't respect women at all. I also learned that people got married just so they could have a home. I also learned that the people who came in and started accusing people of being witches is very very very stupid because they were innocent people who did nothing wrong. -Amelia Joy I learned that the Witch Trials was popular in France. They mostly blamed girls because Eve in the Garden of Eden was the girl that "tricked" Adam to eat the fruit. So they call woman the Devil's workers. I also learned that a lot of the accused witch's friends would ignore them even though it's ridiculous that that person was accused. -Leah I learned that the witch trials happened in France (and other countries, too), not just the United States. Innocent women were accused, and they needed absolutely no proof to kill them, just the accusation. It was so incredibly wrong. ~Hayley Elizabeth(:

I would definitely recommend this book to another person because it is a pretty easy to read and simple to follow. It can be read quickly and is very interesting. This book really put this terrible ordeal into perspective from a different light. It also showed the true love and bond between a mother and her daughter and the sacrifices a mother is willing to make to keep her daughter safe from harm. Despite the circumstances, this is a neat story and very well written, I enjoyed reading it thoroughly and I wish there was a second book. -Jordin I really loved this book!! It wasn't very long and I like longer books because they give more detail and they can have a better plot. I did not think that of this book at all. Even though it wasn't very long, I still enjoyed it. -Ana I would recommend this book because it's full of action and you always want to know what is going to happen next. I also like the romance and how even thought she's accused he still loves her. -Amelia Joy I would recommend this book to someone because it is short, and it is a quick read. It is very action-packed. When I was handed this book I was a bit uneasy, but I got through it and I loved it! -Leah This was a good book. It was definitely the best of the three multicultural's that I read. It was fast-paced and packed with action, romance, and suspense. I also loved the mother-daughter bond. It was good, and I would recommend it to anyone who needs a good, short read (like I did.) ~Hayley Elizabeth(: