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Summary
Role-playing takes on a terrifying cast when 17-year-old Sarah, who is posing as a fortune-teller for a school fair, begins to see actual visions that can predict the future. Frightened, the other students brand her a witch, setting off a chain of events that mirror the centuries-old Salem witch trials in more ways than one.
Awards & Nominations
- 1997: Junior Library Guild selection
- 1998: ALA Quick Pick for Young Adults
- 1998: "Books for Teen Age" list, compiled by N.Y. Public Library YA Division
- 1998: Nominated for Nevada Young Readers Award
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Excerpt
As that thought took form in her mind, Sarah found herself struck by a feeling of such abrupt and intense foreboding that it was as if a black void had opened directly in front of her. In that instant of dislocation, as she fought to maintain her equilibrium and keep from tumbling headfirst into the pit of darkness, a voice seemed to shout directly into her right ear.
"Guilty as charged!" it bellowed. "Away to Gallows Hill!"
"No!" Sarah heard herself whimper. "I didn't really mean it!"
"Poor little Betty," another voice said more gently. "The child is too frightened to remember."
Betty does remember, and she's sorry! She never should have done it!
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Extra Information
- Made into a movie. Retitled 1998 "I've Been Waiting For You", it was an NBC Movie of the Week.
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