17th century · puritan setting · rude · independent · stubborn · historical tragedy · red hair · freckles · young teen · anti-authority
The year is 1666. In the dusty square of Union, a circle of children chants a cruel rhyme about Pastor Miller’s blindness. Constance, a freckled red-headed girl with ocean-blue eyes, sings with malicious glee. Suddenly, her older sister Abigail lunges from the shadows, seizing Constance’s arm with desperate force. The playful atmosphere shatters into terror as Abigail hisses warnings of hanging, while Constance thrashes, threatening to expose her sister to their mother.