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Original Title:	The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	United States of America Connecticut(United States)
Literary Awards:	Newbery Medal (1959), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1960)

The Witch of Blackbird Pond Paperback | Pages: 256 pages

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Orphaned Kit Tyler knows, as she gazes for the first time at the cold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home will never be like the shimmering Caribbean island she left behind. In her relatives' stern Puritan community, she feels like a tropical bird that has flown to the wrong part of the world, a bird that is now caged and lonely. The only place where Kit feels completely free is in the meadows, where she enjoys the company of the old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, and on occasion, her young sailor friend Nat. But when Kit's friendship with the "witch" is discovered, Kit is faced with suspicion, fear, and anger. She herself is accused of witchcraft!

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Title	:	The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Author	:	Elizabeth George Speare
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 256 pages
Published	:	May 15th 1978 by Laurel Leaf (first published December 1st 1958)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fiction. Classics. Childrens

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Now I recall why I wasn't a huge fan of his book while I was a kid. Between the main character lamenting every single moment that she's being worked like a slave and the Puritans sounding scarily familiar about people being evil if they don't worship as they do, I was over this book almost as soon as I started it.Taking place in 1687, we get a sneak peek at the colonies prior to the American revolution. The main character Kit who has lived in Barbados her whole life with her grandfather as her

My last book of 2019. (So I lied a few hours ago about the other book I thought would be my last. But this one really is, I promise.)I recently recommended this book to a Good Reads friend because I had fond memories of it from childhood. Re-reading it now as an adult reminded me once again that I was a much more patient reader as a youngster than I am now. The book is well-researched and finely written, but it doesn't really get interesting until 40% of the way through when Kit finally meets

My autumn witch-a-thon continues with The Witch of Blackbird Pond, the Newberry Medal winning novel by Elizabeth George Speare. Published in 1958, I gather this is required reading in some public schools; The Bookman in Orange carries new copies, while a buddy of mine named Steve Green at McClain's Coffeehouse in Fullerton caught me reading this and experienced a bad flashback to his junior high days. I was enamored by the finesse with which Speare propels her narrative and the historical detail

I really liked this book, and have therefore come to the conclusion that books written for children can be higher quality writing than books written for adults because there isn't this pressure to impress with heavy metaphor and poignant statements about life. When adults write for adults there is too much pressure, adults writing for children understand that it is the story and the characters that matter most, and if those two are well written then I think you have a deep, satisfying book.

My wife Barb had read this back in the 90s, and mentioned to me at the time how much she liked it, which had put it on my radar. So last fall, when I was considering a new book to read aloud to her, I selected this one, guessing rightly that after the lapse of 25 years or so, it would be like a new read. The very short Goodreads description for this edition says it "brings to life the witch hysteria of Puritan New England." That's true as far as it goes, but very incomplete; one plot strand

"Buy the truth, and do not sell it,also wisdom and instruction and understanding" -> Psalm 23:23A wholly satisfying read (and respectable look at Puritan life)! (I'm a 23 yr old [in college] guy, and->) Who knew I'd get so emotionally invested?? I certainly didn't. There were several parts when I was legitimately frustrated, angry, and a little teary-eyed (to level with you...). My favorite scenes were quite easily John's return home (the teary-eyes; c'mon-> I'm just trying to give you

Sticks and stones will break my bones,but words will never hurt me.... Well, unless you happen to be in court being tried for witchcraft: "You will listen to the charges against you."A clerk read from a parchment, giving full weight and due to every awful word."________ _____, thou art here accused that not having the fear of God before thine eyes thou hast had familiarity with Satan the grand enemy of God and man, and that by his instigation and help thou hast in a preternatural way afflicted