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The Witch of Blackbird Pond: A Newbery Award Winner
Contributor(s): Speare, Elizabeth George (Author)

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ISBN: 0547550294     ISBN-13: 9780547550299
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2012376375
Age Level: 10-12
Grade Level: 5-7
Lexile Measure: 850(Not Available)
Guided Reading: W (Grade 6)
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.5" L (0.45 lbs) 272 pages
Themes:
- Holiday - Halloween
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 98
Reading Level: 5.7   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 9.0
 
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In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, a girl faces prejudice and accusations of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Connecticut.

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.

Contributor Bio(s): Speare, Elizabeth George: - "I was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, on November 21, 1908. I have lived all my life in New England, and though I love to travel I can't imagine ever calling any other place on earth home. Since I can't remember a time when I didn't intend to write, it is hard to explain why I took so long getting around to it in earnest. But the years seemed to go by very quickly. In 1936 I married Alden Speare and came to Connecticut. Not till both children were in junior high did I find time at last to sit down quietly with a pencil and paper. I turned naturally to the things which had filled my days and thoughts and began to write magazine articles about family living. Then one day I stumbled on a true story from New England history with a character who seemed to me an ideal heroine. Though I had my first historical novel almost by accident it soon proved to be an absorbing hobby." Elizabeth George Speare (1908-1994) won the 1959 Newbery Medal for THE WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND, and the 1962 Newbery Medal for THE BRONZE BOW. She also received a Newbery Honor Award in 1983, and in 1989 she was presented with the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for her substantial and enduring contribution to children's literature.
 
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