The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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Summary: Memorable characters, page-turning suspense, laughs & tears!
Review: This book has it all! It is a GREAT book for all readers. Set in colonial times, 1687, to be exact, Katherine (Kit) Tyler is the heroine and one of my favorites of all time! When the story opens, Kit's grandfather has just died and she must leave her sunny home in the Caribbean to go live in the Puritan colony of Connecticut. Like a tropical bird that has flown to the wrong shore, Kit has trouble fitting in, though she quickly attracts the attention of the entire town with her bright silk dresses, her unusual ability to swim, and her headstrong personality. Rich, young William immediately falls for her but Kit wonders if they are meant to be together. Meanwhile, her cousin Julia is outraged with jealousy. She and Uncle Matthew make Kit's new wooden home seem even colder. Her loneliness and misery ultimately leads her to meet and befriend Widow Tupper, the Witch of Blackbird Pond. The days she spends with Widow Tupper and Nat, a sailor whom she met on her journey to Connecticut, are the ones she enjoys most. But her Aunt Rachel tells her to stay away from Widow Tupper because she's a Quaker and the whole town considers her a witch. Kit ignores the warnings and continues to visit her anyway. But quickly, she too is regarded as a witch. Kit goes to trial facing an angry town with no one to speak for her. Or is she not as alone as she thinks?

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Summary: Jamese's review
Review: The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a good historical-fiction book. This book is good if you wanted to learn more about colonial times like their: everyday chores, religous events, festivals, dress paterns etc. I liked this book because it's a real page turner, it makes you wonder what's going to happen next. As you read the book you'll find that it turns out to be so un-predictable! By reading this book you could tell that Speare worked hard and put a lot of effort into writing The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Wether you're reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond for the first time or the fifth time it will be an enjoyable experience!

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Summary: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Review: The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a good historical-fiction book. This book is good if you wanted to learn more about colonial times like their: everyday chores,religous events,festivals,dress pattern etc. I liked this book because it's a real page turner, it makes you wonder what's going to happen next.As you read the book you'll find out that it turns out to be so un-predictable! By reading this book you could tell that Speare worked hard and put a lot of effort into writing The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Wether you're reading the Witch of Blackbird Pond for the first time or fifth time it will be an enjoyable experience!

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Summary: The Witch of blackbird Pond
Review: I recently got done reading "The Witch of Blackbird Pond". It was well worth my time. I would reccomend this book to anybody and everybody. I liked this book because it was very easy to understand even though the story took place a long time ago. The author "Speare" made this book enjoyable for all ages. I really liked this book because "Speare" made the book believeable and down to earth, it wasn't anything wild or outrageous. You could tell that "Speare" put a lot of time and effort into the book. I also liked the book because it was a real PAGE TURNER. Page after page the book left me thinking what's going to happen next. The book was just so un-predictable!"Elizabeth G. Speare" did a really nice job on this book. Even if you are reading this book for the first time or the fith time I think you'll enjoy the book "The Witch of Blackbird Pond".

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Summary: Bad Boring Book
Review: This book was very boring. The characters were not exiting and difinitly not interesting. The book was not badly writin just had a bad plot. The characters like kit had no adventures or exitment. If that is what you are looking for I recomend you get a differnt you get a book. I do not think the characters were very exiting and did not work to make the plot interesting or adventurues. That is why don't think the book is good. If this book was non-fiction I would have understood.

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Summary: Review of "The Witch"
Review: I thought that the book was good for several reasons. One reason was that the author didn't leave us hanging. Another reason was that the author made it so that we could understand what was happening in the book. A third reason was that the author made the character's feelings so that we could understand them and sympathize with them. This is why I thought that the book was good.

I thought that the book was bad for several reasons. One reason was that the author put too much details and unimportant information into the book. Another reason was that in some places the author bored us and made the story boring and uninteresting. A third reason was that the book didn't have much suspense to it which would increase the readers interest. This is why I thought that the book was bad.

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Summary: Book Review Project
Review: I don't feel that the author did too good of a job on the plot which was supposed to be on witches and witchcraft. The theme of a "witch" of Blackbird Pond was really not presented until close to the end of the book. In the beginning of the story when Kit jumped into the river to fetch Prudence's doll, and she was floating, Goodwife Cruff and other ship passengers accused her of witchcraft. It was much later that the whole story about Hannah Tupper came together. Waiting to the middle of the book to really start getting into the witches seems to weaken the book. To me, it took the author too long to get to the point. I lost interest in the story.

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Summary: Review of "The Witch of Blackbird Pond"
Review: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Spears is an excellent book. You won't be able to put it down until you are finished reading it. You learn a lot about the way that life was in colonial America while you are still reading an interesting story. This book is about a young girl named Kit who has just come from Barbados to America, to her aunt and uncle's house. Kit's grandfather had passed away so she had no other living relatives. In Barbados, an old but rich man had asked to marry her, but she had said no. Kit then decided to go to her aunt and uncle's house in Connecticut. There she is given work to do that she has never done before. Kit used to be rich and thought that slaves did the work that she is now doing herself. She feels as though her aunt and uncle do not want her. Then she meets an old and gentle woman named Hannah who is believed to be a witch. They quickly become friends. But then, Kit is put on trial for being friends with Hannah. Will Kit ever find true love? What will happen to Kit? Will she ever go back to Barbados? Read the book, and you will find out!

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Summary: Book review by Sasha for Mr.Jones class
Review: The Witch of black bird pond was a very interesting, yet excelent book. Many times in this book it got very intence. An example is when the towns people went to go find Hannah to burn the house down becuase they believed she was a witch. I like books when they get exciting. This gives you the thrill of wanting to read more to find out what happens next. This book also was not only a good book, but told you about how hard life was in the colonial times. Next to all these things, this book created alot of suspence. At the begining of the book, Kit jumped into the water. It was suspenceful because it never told you if she could swim or not. It made you believe that there was a chance that she could drown. This book gave you a very good idea of what it was like for a young girl to move to a whole new land where everything is different. I think it really helped young readers better understand how it was back then. I know it helped me! I think everyone should read this book.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: I found that The Witch of Blackbird pond by Elizabeth Spere was a very interesting story. In my opinion Spere did a great job at really letting the reader know what it was like to live in the 1700's. She made it seem so real by talking so descriptively of all the customs and the way of doing things in that time period. Spere clearly had to do a lot of research to know so much of that time. If someone is interested in learning about American history this book would be a great choice. I also found this book to be very exciting. There were so many times that you were left thinking did that just really happen. I think the story was so exciting because of how descriptive Spere was. She left you amazed in what she made some of her characters do and think. I would reccomend this book anyone, even if your not interested in American history because the novel is so exciting. Atleast in my case it left me wanting to know more about the 1700's even thow i had no interest in it before.