A Break With Charity Characters

Susanna English knows how to be a leading lady colonial-America-style. She may be only fourteen when the Salem witch trials go down, but she sure knows how to act like a seriously grown-up gal. She...

Watch out Salem, Ann Putnam is about to shake things up witch-trial-style. And it's not going to be pretty. This girl is only twelve when she starts pretending to be possessed and accusing her neig...

Elizabeth is Joseph's wife and generally pretty cool. Most of the time when we see Elizabeth, she's taking up the two key roles for women back in the day: wife and mom. (Head on over to the discuss...

Johnathan is a cutie pie with a huge crush on Susanna. And when it comes to being a good boyfriend, Johnathan has the job down pat. Lucky for him, he eventually marries Susanna and has two little k...

Joseph is a super important guy around Salem. He's married to Elizabeth Putnam, has a newborn baby, helps take care of Susanna and her family, and when folks in Salem or nearby towns are accused of...

Were you as impressed as we were when Mama English stood up for Sarah Cloyce? And were you as sad as us when she was carted off to jail? Mrs. Mary English has oodles of roles in Salem—she's marri...

We barely get to see Susanna's sister Mary, and most of the time she's at home helping her mom, doing chores at the Putnams's, or off in Boston and New York with her parents. But just because Mary'...

Phillip English is Susanna's dad and Mrs. E's hubby. This guy actually lived in Salem back in 1692 and most of what we learn about him in this book is true. But here's the main thing you need to kn...

Tituba is in a tough spot: She's a slave owned by Reverend Parris, so that's totally horrible; she's the first person to be accused of witchcraft, which stinks big time; and Reverend Parris beats h...

We meet William for about half a second, so if you're on the hunt for a character that we know a lot about, Will is not your guy. Here's what we know:William Factoid (1): He's Susanna's big broWill...