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Summary: Review on The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Review: This book is about Kit short for Katherine Tyler. She goes to live with her aunt and uncle and thier two daughters because her grandfather past away and she lost all her money. In Connecticut, she mat her aunts family which is aunt Rachel,uncle Matthew,Mercy, and Judith. She also met William Asby who wanted to marry her and Hannah Tupper known as the witch of blackbird pond. When ever she feels down and stressed,she goes to Hannah's and she also teaches a girl named Prudence how to read. When she tells her only family now about Hannah Tupper they tell her not to go there. However, Kit still goes there and she meets Hannah's seafaring friend Nat shoet for Nathaniel Eaton. There was a sickness going througout the town and they blamed it on Hannah. Kit went to go to help her escape. They burned her house and Kit and Hannah went where no one could see them and as the sun rose, she saw the Dolphin, the boat in which Nat would be on.
Nat took Hannah to to his Mom in Saybrook and asked Kit if she wanted to go but she couldn't. Kit and William had a talk and decided that they should see other people. What ended up happening was John Holbrook and Mercy got married and Judith married William asby and it was a double wedding. Kit on the other hand had feelings about Nat but she didn't know what to do .Nat came back and said that he wanted to talk to her uncle about things ans then asked in a non direct way if she will marry him.
I like the book because it keeps you intrested and the end is romantic and it has a really great ending.
I didn't like it when Judith just assumed that John wanted to be with her because what she didn't know was that John liked Mercy and mercy liked John, the only preson other than John that knew was Kit. My favorite part was the end because I love the way Nat asked Kit to marry him.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I got this book from a book fair when I was about 11 or so, ... I loved it and read it until the book was falling apart. I found it the other day and thumbed through it. This is a really good book. It opens history up some and makes it interesting, all the while teaching some important lessons that are timeless.
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Summary: Lindsay from Richview Middle School
Review: Kit Tyler was the whole reason this book was written. She came to Wethersfield because her grandfather died in Barbados. She had to sell all of her possessions including her house and even her slave. Then she met John Holbrook. He is a very intelligent man. She left the Dolphin, the ship she took from the Caribbean to Connecticut, to go live with her Uncle Matthew, Aunt Rachel, Cousin Judith, and Cousin Mercy. Then she is introduced to a man named William Ashby who starts to like Kit very fast. They became acquainted and he then started coming to the house every Saturday where he announced that he was going to start building a house of his own. When men built a house of their own, that meant they had finally chosen a wife. She then became friends with a Quaker woman named Hannah Tuper. She was told not to visit her, but kept on anyway. John Holbrook announced he wanted to marry Mercy. Kit's dear old friend, Hannah Tupper's house had finally been swallowed up by Blackbird Pond after years of flooding at the pond. And at the very end, two weddings were announced, John Holbrook and Mercy Wood & William Ashby and Judith Wood.
I like this book because all of the characters had something interesting about all of them. They each had their own personality. I would tell anyone who wanted to read this book to go ahead and read it. This book awaits many adventures for other readers to explore. It will always surprise you!
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Summary: OK
Review: This book was ok to me. It dragged on quite a bit but I really liked the ending. I didn't like how it would talk about the same thing for over 3 chapters. It just felt like it wasn't my kind of book. However, I liked the last part. The last 5 chapters were probably that only part I liked.
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Summary: Brina's Review
Review: I read this book when I was in fifth or sixth grade. I'm sorry to say I hated it. I felt that the book was very dragged on. The story line was okay but I think the book could of been much shorter if it was not so dragged. All in all, I did not favor this book at all.
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Summary: Slow first, then great...correct a mistake
Review: I read this book first as a 4th grader (I'm now 32) and thought it was a bit slow. I read it again a few years later and really enjoyed it. It has remained a sentimental favorite of mine all these years. I did want to respond to Annie's review below. I understand she may be a young girl who is somewhat possessive of her home state's claim to witch hunt fame, but witch hysteria took over all of New England at that time. Here is an excerpt from a website dealing with the history of Stamford, CT and surrounding areas: "The early codes of New England made witchcraft a capital offense. Religious and English precedents were considered as sufficient authority. Connecticut passed a law in 1642 which stated that "If any man or woman be a witch-that is, hath or consulteth with a familiar spirit-they shall be put to death." In New Haven Colony the law declared that "If any person be a witch, he or she shall be put to death, according to Exod. 22.18, Levit.20.27, Deut.18.10,11." Prior to the 1692 delusion numerous trials for witchcraft in Connecticut were held-at Windsor (1647), Wethersfield (1648, 1650-51), Stratford (1651), Fairfield (1653), New Haven (1655, 1657), Easthampton (1658), and Saybrook (1661). Ten persons were accused and placed under arrest in 1662 and four were tried, convicted and executed. The victims were the last individuals to suffer the death penalty for witchcraft in Connecticut. By 1692 court procedures relating to witchcraft were well established." Ms. Spears does not have her history confused, but rather did excellent research toward writing this book. Recommended reading for all young folks interested in early American history.
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Summary: The Witcxh of Blackbird Pond Review
Review: Elezabeth Spear's book " The Witch of Blackbird Pond" was fantastic! It really pulled you into the story, and made you feel as though you were there witnessing the action event yourself. Spear does a great job of describing the characters, and giving you a opoion of them. The main character Kit Tyler, is a girl in her late teens. She hates her new life in the Connecticut Colony, it is so different from the Caribbean Island, Barbados, from which she moved when her Grandfather died. Now her new life with her Aunt, Uncle, and cousins , leads he to the place where she meeets the woman Hana Tupper,known as "The Witch of Blackbird Pond". When their friendship is discovered, Kit is accused as a Witch herself! This book is a great story of friendship,loyalty, and adventure. If there was a rating higher than the Newbery, this book would get it!
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Summary: Annie's Witch Of Blackbird Pond Review
Review: This book was one I read in sixth grade and it was dull and slow. Not great and I usually love books about witches for I am very interested in the topic and it is not unusual for I live in Massachusettts and as you know in Salem, Massachusetts was where they hanged witches. But the one flaw in this book was that it was dull and barely talked about Kit meeting up with the witch of blackbird pond and just told about her life basically from the barbadoes and her coming to Conneticut. Second of all the biggest flaw in this book is that the witch hunt took place in Conneticut! Uh! Uh! I don't think so. Conneticut is definetly not a setting for a witch hunt. That is definetly Massachusetts. You may have heard of witch hunts in Conneticut but a few and Massachusetts is of course the homeland for witch hunts in New England. Sorry Elizabeth George Speare but get your history right!
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Summary: My Review
Review: *A Brief Summary*
Kit, a young girl has ventured to Wethersfield by ship to live with her aunt Rachel, Uncle Mathew, and two cousins Mercy and Judith after her Grandfathers tragic death. Coming from a wealthy life in Barbados, Kit has many things she is unaccustomed to. Along with facing many hardships of earning her keep because her new family isn't prosperous at all, as well as her daily chores and tasks, she manages to make many friends along the way. Hannah, a wise old widow accused of being a witch, Prudence, a young neglected girl, and John Hollonbrook, of which Kit becomes very fond of. Poor Kit couldn't have come to the new world at a worse of time however, due to the conflicts with the king in Europe and war breaking loose. The witch trials were also coming to a spark. Poor Hannah is accused of being a witch for she does not follow the traditions as everyone else in the town. However, Kit stays by her side through it all. Family matters become horrid as well when the whole family becomes fatally ill. Will the countries problems become solved? Will Hannah be executed for what she is believed to be? Will Kit's new family die of sickness? How does Kit affect the future of all these people? In a story of excitement and sadness, Kit becomes a woman and learns what she must do to make the right choices.
*Likes*
I enjoyed the book "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" for the most part. I enjoyed the character descriptions very much because the way they described what the characters were wearing and there setting was very lucid but fluently stated. For example when in the book it stated, "...The dolphin left the open sea, sailed briskly across the sound to the wide mouth of the Connecticut River..." (p. 1) I also enjoyed how so much history was based upon this book. It was a way for me to understand the colonial times better and really understand what life was like back then. For example, it really involved major milestones in history, which made it easier to understand. My last favorite thing about this book was the major twists and turns it took. Some of the major events you would have never expected. All and all the book was very enjoyable.
*Dislikes*
The dislikes I had about "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" were slim, however there were a few. The main thing I didn't enjoy about the book was although the descriptions were very thorough I just thought at some points of the book, they were too histrionic and went overboard. For an example when Kit is lying in a nearby field, it describes the field in a manor so much that I lost interest. Another thing I did not enjoy was the book was a bit childish for my age. This is my fault for choosing he book but I still thought that for me I could have read a more enthralling book. Lastly, I did not enjoy how many characters were placed in the book. Throughout the book so many characters with similar names were introduced. It became overwhelming at a point because I was confusing some characters. However the book was enjoyable at most parts but if I could revise the book, I would say these things based on my judgment.
*Conclusion*
In conclusion to this review, I would definitely recommend thins book to younger readers from the ages 9 - 12. However I being 13 I did not enjoy the book as much as I think a younger person might. I did enjoy the book but do not recommend it to anyone above the age of 12.
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Summary: A Good Book
Review: I thought this book was very good. At the start of the book kit has to live with her aunt,uncle,and 2 cousins.Mercy and Judith, the cousins, like her very much. Kit gives them gifts from Barbados. She soon starts to go to the house of Hannah Tupper,that everyone believes is a witch. Soon Kit herself is being accused of being a witch when an illness falls over some of the townspeople, including her to cousins. Will they keep her alive or will they kill her- you can find that out on your own.
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