![]() ![]() I think they were good characters for a MG novel and I liked them a lot. Kit was very rebellious and ahead of her time which makes it easier for a modern reader to connect with her. Judith and Aunt Sarah were very lifelike and felt like people you could know in any time period. I did feel that the Puritan colony in Connecticut was rather well portrayed from my knowledge of history and I found that fascinating.įrom what I know, the characters were very true to life for the time. It colored the book for me moving forward from there. I’m thinking specifically of Kit’s upbringing in Barbados which seemed very modern from what I know of the late 1600s. 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.īecause I’m such a big fan of historical fiction, one thing that struck me was that this book seemed a bit out of time. Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. 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. ![]() ![]() 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. The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare ![]()
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