The Witch of Blackbird Pond in Pop Sugar's Annual Ultimate Reading Challenge

Jan 12, 2013 Kimberly (Chapter_Adventure) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, newbery-award

Unexpectedly orphaned Kit Tyler must now move from her beloved Caribbean home and go to live with her aunt, uncle, and cousins in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Free thinking and unaccustomed to the devote Puritan ways of the tight community, Kit struggles to find a place for herself. It doesn’t help that Goodwife Cruff, a member of the community and fellow passenger on the sea journey over, has already formed a negative opinion of Kit. Feeling alone, even amongst her own relatives, she retreats to ...more

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Feb 04, 2012 Chris rated it liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, united-states, young-adult, youth, classics, middle-grades

I was totally positive that I had read this book when I was young, but I had no recollection of the story. Now, having read (reread?) it, I still don't remember. But it's easy to see why it's been a favorite for so many years. Even though the story is somewhat simple by today's tastes, the story of young Kit, who must leave her home in Barbados in the 1680s to live with her aunt and uncle in a Puritan settlement in Connecticut, is still enjoyable. Kit finds it hard to fit in with the strict Puri ...more

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Apr 24, 2020 Elaine rated it liked it

Shelves: childrens-and-ya, classics, newbery, historical-fiction

This was my second pass at this book. The first time, I tried audio, but I only got through the first chapter. This time, I read an ebook, and I still struggled at the beginning. Probably because I despise the Puritans. So much so, that it was common for me to literally use them as a curse word in college as I struggled through an American Literature class. I still believe most of the societal problems of prudishness that the U.S. has are because of those idiots. But I even liked Matthew Wood by ...more

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Sep 04, 2017 Erin rated it really liked it

Pretty perfect for teaching critical lens theory.

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Mar 28, 2008 Rae rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-childrens

My sister read this out loud to me back when I was in junior high school. I should probably read it again now that I am older. An award-winning and classic teen read.

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