Perfect Historical Fiction Book for Adolescent Girls

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	• The Witch of Blackbird Pond (Illustrated American Classics) Elizabeth George Speare Houghton Mifflin, 2001 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 381 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Timeless story set in an historical time

I read this as an adult for my mother-daughter book club. I thought it was amazing (though my 9 year old only likes it so-so.) While at its heart an age-old story of feeling like you don't fit in and looking for love, The Witch of Blackbird Pond's setting is what made this book so extraordinary for me. It takes place in the late 1600s in the Connecticut Colony (one of the locations is just a few miles from where I grew up). The descriptions of Puritanical life are quite well drawn, and -- as a Native New Englander -- somewhat familiar. I can see how my view of the world has been shaped by my Puritanical New England ancestors. This characterization, more than anything, is probably what made the book so compelling for me (and not surprisingly, not obvious to my daughter). I can highly recommend this book -- unless you are 9. :-)

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Classic

I originally read this way back in jr. high and sadly only remember being entranced by it--not recalling any of the plot. I finally got around to the rereading and recalled why I had the original feeling of enchantment. This is one good book.

Kit Tyler is a sixteen-year-old girl who leaves Barbados after her grandfather's death for the more austere world of Puritan New England to say with her aunt's family. But Kit is completely unprepared for the ways of these people. Even so, she manages to grow in unimaginable ways as she connects with people with whom she would have never seen herself.

And it's not a simple moralistic book. It's a book about a girl coming of age. Unlike other books of the Puritans, there are no villains, just those who are different and it's amazing to see Kit come to understand that.

The characters are entrancing and dimensional, the setting is described in an honest prose that only shows Speare's love of New England.

It deserves its Newberry.

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Perfect Historical Fiction Book for Adolescent Girls

The Witch of Blackbird Pond is the perfect book for adolescent girls who are interested in love stories. The novel uses language that is true to the times and deals with the subject of Quakers and witch craft. I read this book when I was an adolescent and fell in love with Kit. Her character really comes to live throughout the pages of the book. Upon reading it again, I have renewed my appreciation for the main character and her trials and tribulations.

A Really good Book

This book is really good. A beleivable plot, good characters, easy to follow, what more could you want? My mom wasn't sure about the book because of the title, but after listening to it she thought it was a really great book too. This book has a little bit of everything in it and is a MUST READ for any over 10.

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Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit. But Kit's friendship with Hannah Tupper, believed a witch by the colonists, proves more taboo than Kit could have imagined and ultimately forces her to choose between her heart and her duty.

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