The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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Summary: One of my all-time favorites!
Review: I first read this book at age eight, and I loved it. Kit, the heroine of the novel, immigrates to austere, puritannical Massichussets after a carefree childhood in Barbados, and must struggle to assimilate herself. The book works on two levels: it is a moving historical story of a girl's struggle to fit in, and it is an excellent allegory about coming of age in modern America. I recently read the book again, now at age eighteen, and I enjoyed it even more than I did ten years ago. Bravo!

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Summary: Simply extrordinary if I do say so myself, old chap!
Review: Oh it brought back so many wonderful childhood memories of mine (even though I am only thirteen) but that's beside the point! Let me tell you, If you're tired of the same old "marvelous storyline, intriguing charachters, and an exquisite blah blah blah blah blah," then you've come to the right place by jove! Anyway it was good and stuff. Was'nt that refreshing? Of course it was.

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Summary: I think that The Witch of Blackbird Pond is one of the best
Review: I think that The Witch of Blackbird Pond is one of the best books I have ever read. This book is always very suspensful and I could hardly even put it down. I suggest if you get a chance to read a book, read The Witch of Blackbird Pond because it is the best.

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Summary: The Witch of Blackbird Pond is interesting!!!
Review: The book was great, but I thought that it would be about a real,like a scary witch. I thought it was wierd that Kit a very rich girl would become like a servant for just going to America.I liked it but, Why would anyone want to leave a beautiful island even if someone wanted to marry. If I were Kit I would want to turn back the second I saw Wetherfells(a horrible place) Maybe I am exspaperating. It seems that Kit goes to America to get away from marrige than anthor guy likes her again. Althought I think this was an award winning book.

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Summary: I Loved It!
Review: It was a fantastic book and I suggest it to anyone, a child to an adult.
I found it moving, it was an excellent page-turner.
Elizabeth George Speare should always be remembered for this work.

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Summary: A really happy ending, dispite all the twists and turns.
Review: This book about a girl adjusting to a new environment is a very warm touching book. If I was Kit, I probably wouldn't have been able to survive going to Lecture, mass, and enduring all the hard work. i felt really sorry for kit because she had to do all the work that her slave used to do. One thing good about that is that she learned to do a lot things during her life in Whethersfield. I think that kit was pretty lucky, however, because she got a lot of support from her "family". She had found friends that stood by her. She also had proved to others that she was useful. I think that in the end, it was really nice the way it turned out that Judith got to marry William, Mercy with John Holbrok, and Kit with Nat. They were all nice matches and I am sure they would turn out to be all happy because that's who they wanted to be with.

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Summary: Perfect reading for anytime of year
Review: I first read this book as a class assignment in the fall of 1975. I remember it being perfect October reading material and couldn't put it down; it was charming even then. I have now re-read it as an adult and appreciate the fictional history, description, and the magnetism of the characters which is what captivates the reader. An excellent choice for anyone to read, not only in October, but anytime of year.

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Summary: It was a wonderful, exciting book. I enjoyed it a lot!
Review: I brought this book online thinking it would be about a real witch and that I would regret buying it but boy was I wrong. It turned out to be a very exciting book, I really enjoyed it's surprises and all the problems Kit had and how she solved them. I give this book two thumbs up!

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Summary: Title can be decieving
Review: I borrowed this book from our town libary one summer thinking it would be a scary story about a real witch, like at Salem MA. It wasn't but turned out to be a wonderful book

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Summary: This book deserves a 10!!
Review: When I was skimming the shelves of my class's book collection, The Witch Of Blackbird Pond immedietly caught my eye. My mother had mentioned this book many times before, but I never looked for it. But now, as I look at the cover, showing a sunset picture of Kit Tyler, standing in the beloved medows, near Blackbird Pond, I knew it would be the best book I had ever read. I had already read The Sign of the Beaver, also by Elizabeth Speare, but I took the Witch of BLackbird Pond to my desk (despite the fact I was already reading 5 other books) and read away. I soon lost track of time, and didn't hear Mr.Caldwell say It was time to switch classes.. I was too caught up awed at Kit teaching with Mercy at the dame school, falling for Nat, and bneing held on trial for witchcraft. Mr.Caldwell had to pry me out of my state of rivited attention to the book.To this day, I am still awed at Elizabeth's skill, and will read as many of her novels as I can