The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner

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. 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.

Elizabeth George Speare won the 1959 Newbery Medal for this portrayal of a heroine whom readers will admire for her unwavering sense of truth as well as her infinite capacity to love.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 12/01/1958
ISBN: 9780395071144
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.90d
Award: Newbery Medal - Winner

Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 09/04/2015 pg. 44

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 98 / Witch of Blackbird Pond
Reading Level: 5.7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 9