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When NYC teen Samantha--descended from colonial witch hunter Cotton Mather--arrives in Salem, she's immediately targeted by the Descendants, kids whose relatives were persecuted as witches. Working with a ghost inhabiting her family home, Samantha unravels the mystery behind Salem's centuries-old cycle of vengeance. The author, related to the real Cotton Mather (per the author's note), injects real history into this riveting supernatural thriller.