They Can't Burn Us All
by Cathryn Kemp
Age band: 13+
Looky Rating System: Violence 4/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 2/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 4/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 3/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.
Description
Iceland, 1655 When a land of ice and fire, legends and sagas is swept into the Protestant Reformation, a witch-hunting craze begins. Unusually, those condemned and burned as witches are not women, but respectable men of learning. Þuríður Jónsdóttir has grown up praying to the old gods, and watching her father and brother practise rune magic. When the two men are accused of witchcraft and condemned to burn at the stake, Þuríður is helpless to save them.