{"id":661,"date":"2011-05-25T01:15:36","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T06:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/?page_id=661"},"modified":"2023-06-30T08:34:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T12:34:09","slug":"witchs-silver","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/list-of-books-published\/childrens-books\/witchs-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"Witchs Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1743\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/list-of-books-published\/childrens-books\/witchs-silver\/witchssilver\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/witchssilver.jpg?fit=164%2C198&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"164,198\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"witchssilver\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/witchssilver.jpg?fit=164%2C198&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/witchssilver.jpg?fit=164%2C198&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/witchssilver.jpg?resize=164%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"198\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1743\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0006AVZ6M\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=dorgilfanpag-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;creativeASIN=B0006AVZ6M&#038;linkId=c9a10b895f07b853afb2e1487343ed4d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Witchs Silver<\/a> was published in 1959.<\/h3>\n<p>A Young woman from the &#8220;poor side of town&#8221; is in love with a &#8220;Rich&#8221; boy.  Who surprisingly loves her right back, however, his family does not approve and the young woman feels inadequate to be his wife.  Then her grandmother gives her a pre-wedding gift, a diary of a long-ago ancestor.  The grandmother insists that the young women read about her namesake and hopes that by learning of her ancestors&#8217; trials and her triumphs maybe the young lady will finally learn that she has much to offer her chosen young man.  The prologue of the story is set in present-day 1950s on a small island outside of Massachusetts while the bulk of the tale is set during the 1700s in Boston.  What could a 19-year-old ancestor from 200 years in the past teach an awkward 18-year-old in the present?  Read it and find out!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cast of Characters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As with most of these older stories we are looking for assistance in creating a listing of the characters in the story. Should you have this book and be willing to type one up and share it with us we would be grateful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Witchs Silver was published in 1959. A Young woman from the &#8220;poor side of town&#8221; is in love with a &#8220;Rich&#8221; boy. Who surprisingly loves her right back, however, his family does not approve and the young woman feels inadequate to be his wife. Then her grandmother gives her a pre-wedding gift, a diary of<\/p>\n<div class=\"theme-link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/list-of-books-published\/childrens-books\/witchs-silver\/\" class=\"theme-more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Witchs Silver&#8221;<\/span> <svg class=\"svg-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M16.172 9l-6.071-6.071 1.414-1.414 8.485 8.485-8.485 8.485-1.414-1.414 6.071-6.071h-16.172v-2z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":599,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-661","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PH3bC-aF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":433,"url":"https:\/\/mrspollifax.com\/blog\/list-of-books-published\/childrens-books\/ragamuffin-alley\/","url_meta":{"origin":661,"position":0},"title":"Ragamuffin Alley","author":"mrspfan","date":"January 19, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Ragamuffin Alley was published in 1951. 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