The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

Author: Elizabeth George Speare

Reading Level: Middle School

Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books

Rated 9.5/10

Kit Tyler knew, as she gazed for the first time at the cold, bleak shores of Connecticut Colony, that her new home would never be like the shimmering Caribbean islands she left behind. In the stern Puritan community of her relatives, she soon felt caged as well, and lonely. In the meadows, the only place where she could feel completely free, she meets another lone and mysterious figure, the old woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond. But when their friendship is discovered, Kit is faced with suspicion, fear, and anger as she herself is accused of witchcraft!

MY REVIEW
I really like this book, this isn't the first time I have read this book, I read it when I was in junior high about 10 years ago.  It's just as good as the first time too. A lot of what happened makes me angry at the past, I could never imagine living in a time like the Puritans. This is one of those books that makes me happy to be alive now and live the way I do. This is a fast and easy read, I read it in a few hours, I literally couldn't put it down from start to finish. I love books that throw some education in there when reading it, and this book does that. You learn how people thought and lived in the first years of America and  how people viewed the world around them. If you love a good book then I suggest this book, you will not be disappointed if you do.

Katherine Tyler aka Kit goes to America from Barbados to live with her Aunt after her grandfather dies. Life in Connecticut isn't like she thought it would be, she dislikes the life of a Putitan and is looked at as strange by her family and people of the town. Soon Kit starts visiting with Hannah, the Quaker woman who lives by Blackbird Pond and is called a witch by many of the townspeople. She is forbidden by her family but she can't seem to stay away from the old woman who is her new friend. Kit also starts to appreciate her new Family but misses Barbados and the life she lived there. Soon people are getting sick and are dying, they  blame Hannah and start calling her a witch and saying she cursed people. Kit helps Hannah escape and then they lay the blame on her.