Title: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Author: Elizabeth George Speare
Pages: 6 discs
Genre: Historical Fiction, Newbery Award
Grade: B+
Synopsis: The book is set in the late 1600's. Kit Tyler had been growing up in Barbados when her grandfather passed away, leaving her an orphan. She elects to hop on a ship to go stay with her only remaining family in the Connecticut colony, where Puritan ideals and witch hunts are still a part of their lives.
My Review: I find books about the Puritans very frustrating. The snobbery and judgmentalness (is that a word?) that they show just grates on me and makes me mad. Kit Tyler, however, is a perfect heroine and example of love, compassion, kindness and acceptance that even today should be emulated. I listened to this book with Ada while driving to the Southern Utah ski resorts and she tells me that she liked everything about it.
Since January 3, 2007
