The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare (Author)

The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit. But Kit's friendship with Hannah Tupper, believed by the colonists to be a witch, proves more taboo than she could have imagined and ultimately forces Kit to choose between her heart and her duty.

Elizabeth George Speare won the 1959 Newbery Medal for this portrayal of a heroine whom readers will admire for her unwavering sense of truth as well as her infinite capacity to love.

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Review quotes

"The book has a lively plot and excellent characterizations. The background has every dimension of reality." The New York Times

"Rarely has a book taken us back into seventeenth-century life as this does." The New York Herald-Tribune

"Strong plot, fully realized characters, and convincing atmosphere distinguish this historical narrative." Booklist, ALA
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780547550299
Lexile Measure
850
Guided Reading Level
W
Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
January 10, 2011
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV016120 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
JUV017030 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Halloween
Library of Congress categories
History
Connecticut
Prejudices
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Witchcraft
Puritans

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