![]() ![]() ![]() Who can she count on as she confronts these angry and suspicious townspeople? A thoroughly exciting and rewarding Newbery Medal winner and ALA Notable Children's Book, Elizabeth George Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond brings this frightening period of witch hysteria to life. When Kit befriends an old Quaker woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond, it is more than the ascetics can take: soon Kit is defending her life. ![]() In the colonies of 1687, a girl who swims, wears silk and satin gowns, and talks back to her elders is not only headstrong, she is in grave danger of being regarded as a witch. What this spirited teenager doesn't count on, however, is how her aunt and uncle's stern Puritan community will view her. Still, her unsinkable spirit soon bobs back up. As they sail up the river to Kit's new home, the teasing and moodiness of a young sailor named Nat doesn't help. Forced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |