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Summary: Awesome
Review: This book was wonderful. The biggest problem was that is wasn't long enough. It was interesting and taught how unfair witch trials were. The characters were perfect. Each with there own personality. The book ended with almost everything perfect. I doubt everything could actually work out in such a happy ending, but this book was wonderful.
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Summary: THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND IS A GOOD BOOK!
Review: The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a good book. Friendship was clearly a theme of this good book, The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Kit, a thirteen year old girl, was friends with Hannah, although the people of Wethersfield said she's a witch. Kit goes to Hannah's house almost every day to keep her company. One day she went there with her friend Nat to help fix Hannah's roof, and when she got home, her uncle Matthew got mad at her. Another day Kit had to hide Hannah because the town thought she made the disease that was going around. Finally... Oh! I shouldn't tell you any more, you'll just have to find out by reading this good book. Enjoy!
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Summary: Book examines issue of religious intolerance
Review: I discovered this book in my elementary school library over 20 years ago. Of the few books that I remember distinctly, this is one. I think I re-read it at least two or three times. Viewed through the lens of memory, this book is about an outsider who enters a community, and is able to see that community through fresh eyes. Unfettered by the community's prejudice, she befriends an Quaker woman who is judged with suspicion and almost hate by the rest of the community, because of her religion. Though the heroine's eyes and emotions, we see the injustice of religious intolerance; and an insightful child might extend that to thinking about intolerance of all kinds. This book is not just about life in the 1600s. It is relevant today, and even at the age of 8 or 9 I "got" that. I can honestly say that this book was among my formative influences in thinking about issues of social equality and justice.
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Summary: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Review: Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond. New York: Yearling, 1987 Martin, Michelle H. "Hey, Who' the Kid with the Green Umbrella?: Re-evaluating the Black-A-Moor and Little Black Sambo." The Lion and the Unicorn 22 (1998): 147-162 Kit Tyler gazes for the first time at the cold shores of Connecticut Colony. This is going to be her new home, and it doesn't compare to the Caribbean Islands she left behind. Not only does she feel like an outcast when she moves to this Puritan community, but when she meets a witch and they become friends, Kit encounters suspicion, fear, and anger. Elizabeth George Speare has written a well constructed and outstanding historical novel, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, of a girl who wants to overcome the hatred of this place she is made to live and call her new home. The use of such words as "staring hungrily at the first sight of land..."(Kit) gives us a better picture of this particular scene and the emotions she felt as she saw land for the first time in a while. This also sets the scenes in the book because the reader can feel like they are part of the book. Kit feels like a social outcast, and her community made her feel this way. Although this story was written in the 20th Century Speare wanted to portray life in the 17th Century. This is done by sharing the values the Puritans had and the way the people in her community feels. This novel depicts a never-ending battle that has been going for many centuries between the so-called 'outcasts' of society. In her article "Hey, Who's the Kid with the Umbrella?: Re-evaluating the Black-A-Moor and Little Black Sambo", Dr. Michelle H. Martin says that black children were virtually invisible in children's literature until the 1960's, and this is shown to be true in this story. (147) Even though this story was written in the 20th Century, there were not any black children in this book. In fact, there were not many of the other races either in the book. I am sure there were other than white people on this boat so why aren't they mentioned in the text? Martin's article goes on to talk of the two books that depict African Americans better but I feel that more stories should, especially recent stories, should talk about other cultures in some way. Despite this problem, however, I feel that The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a wonderful and intriguing book filled with unexpected events and an outstanding ending. This was a wonderful way to depict the hardships going on during this time period.
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Summary: Historic account for new generation.
Review: This was a book that could give you a blast from the past. It was a great account on how people were in the late 1600's. It was a great beginning, because it got your attention very quickly. It had a very sweet ending as well. It was a historically accurate book. The writer did a great job displaying the emotions of each character. It made me know how I would feel during this time period coming in as an outsider. I have learned to took into the hearts of others and not just judge from what I hear.
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Summary: BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ IN MY LIFE!
Review: I love this book so much I read passages from it every day. I thought that the author did a really good job with describing it and everything. I thought that she did such a good job, I felt as if I was in the story and I knew the characters. (Hey, I kinda felt as if I were Kit and I knew exactly how she felt about Nat Eaton.) Any way, This book is lovely and helps you understand the Salem Witch Trials and is just a great book to read if you don't have anything to do. It would be nice to see it made into a movie!
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Summary: Literary Analysis of The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Review: In this mysterious, crazy,and exciting story, a young orphan girl befriends an old women and faces the consequences.The way the author uses literary devices to set the perfect mood makes this book so good you'll never want to put it down! Taking place in the 1600's tells alot about what it might of looked like."I slowly gazedinto the coast, and to my suprise I saw hundreds of boats being docked."This gives you a very good idea of what it looked like."I've been for a breeze every morning, just thinking he might be coming up the river."This is what Kit feals like when she is waiting for Nat to come.In this book the mood is very inportant. Literary devices are also very inportant." The old women seamed to be very quiet , relinquish, and at ease." This suspenceful , suprising, and exciting book sort of makes me start to think."Maybe there are really witches?
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Summary: Great book! Best book I've ever read!
Review: When Kit Tyler's grandfather dies she is forced to leave her Carribean home and has to sail to Connecticut to live with her last living relative, her Aunt Rachel. Soon she meets a Puritan woman named Hanna who is said to be the Witch of Blackbird Pond. But thier friendship is soon discoverd and Kit finds herself being acused of witch-craft. I think that this is a very good book that should keep you interested to the end. The way Speare winds fantasy and history is truly magnificent. This book is definetly one of my favorites and should be one of yours.
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Summary: It's the most wonderful book I've read.
Review: I read "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" when I was fourteen. And now I'm the mother of two kids, I still read it again and again. It's the most wonderful book I've read. Read it, and you will like it.
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Summary: Standing up for you Friend
Review: The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a historical fiction book by the great author Elizabeth George Speare, the author of Sign of the Beaver. It is probably one of my favorite historical fiction books. It takes you on a wild ride through 17th century New England. A girl from the tropics spends a year in a colonial puritan town. She is accused of witchcraft, because she associated with an old Quaker woman. Will she convince the judges or will what happened to 19 women and 1 man in Salem happen to her? I particularly liked how the main character, Kit, meets the Quaker woman in the meadow after a confrontation with her uncle, Matthew. At first, she's afraid because she's heard rumors about the Quaker woman being a witch. They become fast friends and together they teach another girl, whose mother thinks she is completely stupid. Reading this book allows you to really feel what it was like for Kit to want to do what was right, even when the people you love are going to be as hurt as you.
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