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Sales Rank: 34166
Category: Book
Author: Elizabeth George Speare
Publisher: Yearling
Studio: Yearling
Manufacturer: Yearling
Label: Yearling
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0440095778
EAN: 9780440495963
ASIN: 0440495962
Publication Date: March 1, 1972
Release Date: February 15, 1972
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Product Description
Kit Tyler must leave behind shimmering Caribbean islands to join the stern Puritan community of her relatives. She soon feels caged, until she meets the old woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond. But when their friendship is discovered, Kit herself is accused of witchcraft!
Amazon.com Review
Forced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. As they sail up the river to Kit's new home, the teasing and moodiness of a young sailor named Nat doesn't help. Still, her unsinkable spirit soon bobs back up. What this spirited teenager doesn't count on, however, is how her aunt and uncle's stern Puritan community will view her. In the colonies of 1687, a girl who swims, wears silk and satin gowns, and talks back to her elders is not only headstrong, she is in grave danger of being regarded as a witch. When Kit befriends an old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, it is more than the ascetics can take: soon Kit is defending her life. Who can she count on as she confronts these angry and suspicious townspeople? A thoroughly exciting and rewarding Newbery Medal winner and ALA Notable Children's Book, Elizabeth George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond brings this frightening period of witch hysteria to life. Readers will wonder at the power of the mob mentality, and the need for communities in desperate times--even current times--to find a scapegoat. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter
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 read it four times when I was younger September 21, 2008
I loved this book when I was a little girl. I read it at least four times. I would suggest this book to any young girl with a love of History, or reading.
The first book I ever read twice August 26, 2008
I read this book when I was ten, and loved it so much that I read it again.
This was in the late 60's and I still have it. Great story.
still enjoyable as an adult August 18, 2008
My office mate and I exchange book, and one day the Witch of Blackbird Pond was on my desk. I remembered reading this book in late elementary school and that I liked it. I decided to give it a go at age 28 and still enjoyed. Yes, now, some of the romance and struggles seem a tad childish, but the character IS childish, so I suppose it is par for the course. None the less, the basic message, 'everyone who is worth liking doesn't always fit in' is still a good one.
Classic May 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I originally read this way back in jr. high and sadly only remember being entranced by it--not recalling any of the plot. I finally got around to the rereading and recalled why I had the original feeling of enchantment. This is one good book.
Kit Tyler is a sixteen-year-old girl who leaves Barbados after her grandfather's death for the more austere world of Puritan New England to say with her aunt's family. But Kit is completely unprepared for the ways of these people. Even so, she manages to grow in unimaginable ways as she connects with people with whom she would have never seen herself.
And it's not a simple moralistic book. It's a book about a girl coming of age. Unlike other books of the Puritans, there are no villains, just those who are different and it's amazing to see Kit come to understand that.
The characters are entrancing and dimensional, the setting is described in an honest prose that only shows Speare's love of New England.
It deserves its Newberry.
Perfect Historical Fiction Book for Adolescent Girls May 5, 2008
The Witch of Blackbird Pond is the perfect book for adolescent girls who are interested in love stories. The novel uses language that is true to the times and deals with the subject of Quakers and witch craft. I read this book when I was an adolescent and fell in love with Kit. Her character really comes to live throughout the pages of the book. Upon reading it again, I have renewed my appreciation for the main character and her trials and tribulations.
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