The book “Beyond The Burning Time” written by Kathryn Lasky starts off in January of 1692 in Salem. Mary Chase, the main character, is a twelve year old girl, she has a brother named Caleb and a mother named Virginia. Her father died a couple years ago, so her family hired Gilly Beales to help with some of the labor on their farm. Over time Gilly became like family to the kids and Virginia. Mary along with the other citizens of the town noticed that strange things were happening to some of the girls in their village. They claimed to be possessed. The girls would bend their bodies in strange ways and scream the name of the witch who had possessed them. At first it was just a joke, but over time things got out of hand when the some of the girls
