The Witch Of Blackbird Pond

ISBN-10: 0547550294
ISBN-13: 9780547550299
Author: Speare, Elizabeth George
Interest Level: 6-9
Publisher: HarperCollins

Publication Date: January 2011

Copyright: 1958

Page Count: 272

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Interest Level

Grades 6-9

Reading Level

Guided Reading: W
Lexile: 850L
Accelerated Reader Level: 5.7
Accelerated Reader Points: 9.0
Grade Level Equivalent: 7

BISAC Subjects

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations *

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Friendship *

Description
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