Speare, Elizabeth George. The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958.
ISBN: 0-395-913-67-5; $22.00 US; Illustrated American Classics Hardcover edition.
AWARDS/HONORS/REVIEWS
Newbery Award, 1959
ALA Notable Children's Book
Booklist: "Strong plot, fully realized characters and convincing atmostphere distinguish this historical narrative."
The New York Times: "This book has a lively plot and excellent characterizations. The background has every dimension of reality."
ANNOTATION:
Kit Tyler, newly arrived from the island of Barbados, causes a stir in the Puritan town of Wethersfield when she befriends the "witch" of Blackbird Pond.
BOOKTALK:
Ever felt like everyone in the entire world was staring at you? As if you are walking down the hall to class in just your underwear! Well, Kit Tyler gets those stares everyday. And all she did was travel from an island in the Carribean to stay with her relatives in Conneticut. The problem is people aren't normal on those islands Why, the women alone wear fancy dresses, actually talk to black men, and heaven forbid, learn how to read.
Welcome to the Puritan town of Wethersfield, where everyone walks the same walk and talks the same talk. Kit tries her best to fit in and help her cousins with the daily housework, but she can't help it if she longs to escape to the beautiful meadow near Blackbird Pond and remember the taste of the Carribean sea on her lips. Yet, Kit finally brings down the wrath of the Puritans when she befriends the crazy widow, Hannah Tupper, who keeps to herself in a shack by Blackbird Pond.
Locked in jail, Kit Tyler wonders herself why she ever left Barbados. Did she do right by sticking to her beliefs and not giving into hate and prejudice? Or did she become The Witch of Blackbird Pond?
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