Super Short Summary

In Beyond the Burning Time by Kathryn Lasky, twelve-year-old Mary Chase struggles to save her mother, Virginia, from being hanged after she is wrongly accused and convicted of witchcraft during the Salem witch trials. With the help of her brother Caleb and others, Mary navigates a town rife with fear and suspicion in a bid to prevent her mother's unjust execution. The book involves themes of false accusations, which may be distressing to some readers.