I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem Soccer because you never know who

because you never know who might be sitting on your couch someday

shouldn't she

But growing up also means growing apart

and race in a genre that has been both marginalized and celebrated offers a black perspective on iconic works of science fiction

2018 Sakura Medal Nominee

I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem Soccer because you never know whoThis wild and entertaining novel expands on the true story of the West Indian slave Tituba, who was accused of witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts, arrested in 1692, and forgotten in jail until the general amnesty for witches two years later. Maryse Cond brings Tituba out of historical silence and creates for her a fictional childhood, adolescence, and old age. She turns her into what she calls "a sort of female hero, an epic heroine, like the