Deliverance Trembley lives in Salem Village, where she must take care of her sickly sister, Mem, and where she does her daily chores in fear of her cruel uncle's angry temper. But when four young girls from the village accuse some of the local women of being witches, Deliverance finds herself caught up in the ensuing drama of the trials. And life in Salem is never the same.

Forced to miss the big baseball tournament, eleven-year-old Timmi spends the summer in the Maine woods with her grandfather and discovers another side of this seemingly aloof man.

A collection of eleven short stories by various authors dealing with situations which a family or family member tries to keep secret because of an underlying problem.