"The Crucible" by Arthur Miller

                   "The Crucible" is more history than a Halloween or

 horror story but because of how dark it is I consider it

something to read during Halloween. It is based on the Salem

witch trials but Arthur Miller gave fictitious names to some. I 

have always had a fascination with the witch trials because we 

 only ever had a paragraph about it in our history studies. This 

book was so good. It was written as a play and I know they show 

the play in Salem all the time. It was so good I read it in a couple 

of hours. If you have not heard about the Salem witch trials and 

 what caused  it you  want to read this book. Some of the 

young puritan girls made up stories about some of the adults in 

the town who they didn't like by saying they flew through their 

window with Satan and signed his book or sent a bird or to their

 home to hurt them. The adults believed them because of

how they seemed to believe in the supernatural back then. It is

sad to think how these innocent people were hung and one man

pressed because some little kids started it. It seems everyone was 

accusing their enemies after this and some even after land

disputes. It got so out of hand and the end so many were put in

jail and about 21 or so were hung and one man was pressed. 

It is a dark time in our history that many would want to hide

which is why I probably did not learn too much about it until

I got a couple of pages about it in college and started

researching it. If you want to learn more about the witch

trials you should definitely read this book.