The Witch of Blackbird Pond
A Newbery Award Winner
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · January 10, 2011
In this Newbery Medal–winning novel, a girl faces prejudice and accusations of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Connecticut.
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- Who it’s for
- A colonial-era story of prejudice, friendship, and the cost of staying true to yourself.
- Themes
- Prejudice and suspicion, Belonging and self-discovery, Friendship across social taboos
- Genres
- Colonial & Revolutionary U.S., Growing Up, Girls & Young Women
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In this Newbery Medal–winning novel, a girl faces prejudice and accusations of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Connecticut. A classic of historical fiction that continues to resonate across the generations. Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687.
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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 by the colonists to be a witch, proves more taboo than she could have imagined and ultimately forces Kit to choose between her heart and her duty.
Belonging Under Pressure
A colonial-era story of prejudice, friendship, and the cost of staying true to yourself.
Come here for
- A young newcomer’s struggle to find belonging
- Friendship shadowed by accusations of witchcraft
Expect
- A layered historical setting in seventeenth-century Connecticut
- Tension between personal loyalty and duty
Where it sits
| Colonial & Revolutionary U.S. | 86% |
|---|---|
| Girls & Young Women | 40% |
| Growing Up | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Multigenerational Families
- Girls & Young Women
- Colonial & Revolutionary U.S.
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- Growing Up
- Friendship
- Homelessness & Poverty
- Navigating Peer Pressure
- Authors
- Elizabeth George Speare
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- January 10, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Prejudice and suspicion · Belonging and self-discovery · Friendship across social taboos
- Reading lane
- The Classics