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Witch of Blackbird Pond (Yearling Newbery)

Witch of Blackbird Pond (Yearling Newbery)

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Review: "My friend brought the bulb to me, a little brown thing like an onion. I doubted it would grow here, but it just seemed determined to keep on trying and look what has happened."

These words are spoken by old Hannah Tupper, a Quaker woman living in the outskirts of a small Puritan colony in Connecticut. Kit, an orphan from Barbados who is now living with her aunt and uncle, is encouraged by Hannah to try to adapt and fit in with her new suuroundings.

As a teacher of language arts and social studies, I find this novel to be a useful learning tool when studying the early Purtians. Speare combines accurate research with a compelling drama as Kit strives to adjust to her new environment. The plot thickens when Kit is accused of witchcraft, but who will testify to her innocence?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Book Review for The Witch or Blackbird Pond
Review: After trying to get all my closest friends to read this book, I was informed by one that "This is a kids book!". Yes it is a book that is written at level that young adults can both comprehend and enjoy, but this doesn't mean that more mature readers can't devour this story.

Set amung the shores of the newfound 13 original colonies, the story centralizes around Kit Tyler, a rich 16 year old orphan from Barbados who is sent to live with her stict and pious Aunt, Uncle, and cousins. Needless to say, her new life is drastically different from her opulant life in the west indies. She befriends an old woman who is known as "The Witch of Blackbird Pond", who seems to be one of the only people who understands her position. The other is Nat, a dashing sailor who doesn't exactly fit in either.
Eventually, Kit is accused of witchcraft and must use her considerable charm and wit to save herself.

Not only is this an empowering and interesting book, it also is a great read for people of any age.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A book for kids and adults alike
Review: Books don't come much better than this. Elizabeth George Speare does a great job of making history come alive, and Kit Tyler is a fascinating heroine- imperfect yet trying to keep her spirits alive in a strange, unpleasant, and foreign world. Young teenagers may not grasp the complexities of Kit Tyler and her newfound family, but anyone who has felt like they don't fit in will appreciate this great book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Now that's what I call a "living" book
Review: I just finished reading this book aloud to my 3 children. They are a tough audience but this book made the history lesson extra smooth. They were begging for "just one more chapter".

This book delves into the Puritan lifestyle,touches a bit on some of the sentiments of the colonists and their fierce independence, briefly touches on some of the archaic medical practices of the times, shows how easily innocent circumstances turned into witch hunts and sparked a conversation about how people can fall into a mob mentality and much more.

There is tons of information here to spark an interest in children to dig deeper. Our family highly recommends it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE BOOK EVER!!!!!!
Review: I thought that the Witch of Blackbird pond was a fairly boring story. Throughout the book there's not anything very exciting that the characters say or do. I also thought that the ending was too happy. Every character in the book was very happy at the end and i thought that it was too much. I think that if i were to give this book a grade it would be a C-. And also, if you're going to read this book, I don't recommend that you should read it if you are under the age of 10. If you like history, romance, and happy endings, then I very strongly recommend this book for you. Otherwise you will most likely find this book very boring.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Gem of a Book
Review: If you have never read "The Witch of Blackbird Pond", don't be turned away by it's categorization as a Children's Book. It is not, in my opinion, only for children! I read this in 7th Grade, and to this day I will still pluck it off the shelf and re-read it every once in a while. I'm sure adults and children alike will enjoy this little book.

Kit, a young girl from Barbados, is on her way to America to live with her Aunt and her Uncle after her beloved Grandfather dies. However, Kit does not fit in well at all (I find myself sympathizing with the outcast type of character) because she has fancy clothing, she can swim, and she likes to read books other than the bible. This is all very strange to the people in Puritan New England, and what is even stranger to them is her friendship with the "Witch" of Blackbird Pond. But things get worse when the children of the town begin to get sick, and she herself is called a witch! Something for everyone, even Romance! I highly recommend this book to anyone.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Diverse Religions, and History
Review: Kit comes over to the 13 colonies becuae her grandfather died. When she arrives, she finds a place very diffrent from her former home, Barbados. She is forced by her strict uncle to be a solemn as the puritans, and to set aside her silk gowns and wear homespun dresses. she feels completly stifled by her new life, and one day, after almost cuasing her crippled cousin her teaching job, she breaks. She runs to the "meadow" where she meets Hannah Tupper, a Quaker who is shuned and thought to be a witch by many. All she really is is a kind old lady. She takes kit home and feeds her, and helps her be brave and get her cousins job back. kit goes back to Hannahs house and eventually meets Hannahs seafaring friend, none other than Nat, the son of the man who brought her to America.And yes Nat was on the boat the whole time kit was. Then one day Kit is accused of being a witch. Something not to be taken lightly in the 1600's. She is rescued by none other than Nat. Then hannah is going to be burned out of her house, or if the people have their way, in her house. But Kit goes and helps Hannah get out before the evil people come, and she gets her on a ship... whose ship? Guess. Nats. And so Hannahs gone and Kits life is drudging on a usual.... and then someone comes... like you can't guess who... and something happens...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excellent Read for Both Adults and Children
Review: My daughter had to read this book for school and I read it also to help her with her book report. I was honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed reading this historical fiction. The main character of the book travels to the United States to live with a maternal aunt and her husband after her grandfather who raised her dies. She is accused of being a witch because she knows how to swim well and because she befriends an elderly woman who lives by Blackbird Pond. It is a story of romance, of forgiveness and of family bonding. I would suggest this book to both young and older readers alike.

Rating: 5 stars
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.

Rating: 5 stars
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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