The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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Summary: Somewhat Blah
Review: The first part of this book is sooooo... boring. I almost put the book down. The last half of the book got to be more interesting and adventurous.
This story is about a girl named Kit who moves to the American colonies from Barbadoes when her father dies. The last half of the book is more romantic. She almost marries a man, but decides to marry a sea going boy instead.
If you are going to read this book do not put it down in the first half, it will get better!!!!!!!!

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Summary: Is She a Witch or Not?
Review: Kit Tyler was once a rich girl of Barbados, but upon her grandfather's death, she finds out with a shock that she is penniless. She goes aboard the ship, the Dolphin, heading for Connecticut Colony, and hopes for a better life at her aunt's house. While on the way, she befriends Nat Eaton, the captain's son; John Holbrook, a man planning on becoming a minister; and Prudence, a little girl. When she finally arrives at her destination, she tries hard to fit in with the Puritans, struggling to keep up with her lively cousin, Judith, and her gentle one, Mercy. After a fiasco of accidents in the household and outside, she finds becomes friends with an old Quaker that lives at Blackbird Pond, Hannah, who is said to be a witch. Kit does not believe this, and she keeps on being friends with the old woman. However, the villagers see Kit as a threat to the community, since they do not trust her as being a friend to their witch, and she goes on trial. Just as she thinks there is no hope, Nat Eaton and Prudence save her. However, Kit discovers that she will never fit in with the Puritans, and plan on going on the Dolphin the next time the ship came. Finally, the ship docks, and she goes on it, for what seems to be a much better future.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond is an imaginative book. I like it for its originality, its spell bounding detail, and irresistible fantasies. Elizabeth George Speare did an excellent job in creating the characters. I have enjoyed Kit the most, for her difference in nature from the stuffy Puritans and her wild, untamed behavior. I have never really fit in with everyone else, for the same reasons as Kit. She dressed differently, her nature was unique, her feelings awkward to others. I have had those problems too, and I have also done things that others have not the courage to do. Although she lived in a different century, our feelings are uncannily the same.
My favorite part of the book was where Kit goes on trial. I know it sounds cruel, but it is so interesting to hear how people react to their own problems and try to blame it on someone else. It's so ridiculous how people think of goats becoming sick and other small problems such as those, and turn them into major disasters performed by a witch. I like the part where Prudence comes in, and stuns her own parents by doing what they had never thought she would be able to do- reading the Bible and writing her own name. Often parents underestimate their children, and their children's power.

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Summary: Nice book
Review: This book needs more romance and less politics. Its a good book for those who are into history and the politics of the colonies. A little bit hard to understand and visualize

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Summary: kids
Review: This book is very good but it needs some more kids stuff.

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Summary: Good book
Review: We had to read this book for English. It is a very good book-however, on the 19th chapter (there are 21 chapters)it still seemed like the beginning of the book to me. When it ended, I was dissapointed-though happy about the ending. I was dissapointed because the book seemed half-done for me, like there should be an ending- not a beginning and middle part. Overall, I'd give this book about a 6/10 because it just did not seem like a complete book for me/

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Summary: Riveting Novel
Review: This is a riveting and refreshing novel that i recommend to ages ten+.I really enjoyed reading about Kit Tyler's poignant adventures and her stubborn defiance in the face of hardships. Two thumbs up for Kit!

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Summary: A Touching Tale
Review: When I began reading 'The Witch of Blackbird Pond', I expected a boring, history lesson-like rendition of the witch trials. What I got was absolutely the opposite. In this book there is adventure, suspense, love...all combined into the tale of one girl's struggle to survive in a new and strange world. At the end, I felt like crying. It's just such a beautiful, moving book. I would definitely recommend it for any age above pre-teen, as it does include graphic information about the witch trials that could be upsetting to young children. But I think that anyone from a pre-teen to a middle-aged adult would find this book intrigueing and beautiful.

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Summary: A treat for your Soul!
Review: I've recently just read this book despite the fact that I'm an older reader (not that old!). But I really have to admit that I one-hundred percently loved it. Even more than historical fictions by Ann Rinaldi! It's the kind of book that gives you a special feeling in the end that makes you sad that you've finally finished it. I would definitly recommand this book to readers who wants a touch of romance, sadness, and humor all in one book. It's a sweet treat for your Soul.

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Summary: SENSATIONAL!
Review: The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a great historical fiction about a young lady named Kit who moves from her hometown of Barbados, England because are grandfather passed away. The only family she has left is in the New England colony of Connecticut. Kit makes her way to Wethersfield, Connecticut to find her new, hard-labored family, the Woods. There she worrks day and night, and gets aquainted with her once beautiful aunt Rachel, dour uncle Matthew, and two cousins, Judilyn (?) and Mercy. She runs towards Blackbird Pond when a dame school goes wrong, and meets the "witch," Hannah, who is not a witch at all. Hannah is the kindest person Kit has met in Wethersfield. She is a Quaker, and outlawed from all of Wethersfield. Kit is supposed to marry a rich man named William Ashby, but does not want to follow through with it. Now, there is a fuss about freedom and liberty with Andros and King James. This is all I have read so far, and it is already promising. I recommend this book already, so go ahead and read it.

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Summary: It was so-so.
Review: I think this book was odd. It never really caught my interest, even though I read the whole book. I guess I just don't like these mushy historical fiction stories. I'm the kind of person who likes books that describe the tactics of the battles. I think this book resembled a soap opera.