Ahhhh!... I have been grounded for so long! Sry I just dissappered!
Ok.. this blog was origainally supossed to be about school/bookreports kinda stuff. This part of the reason why mom signed me up for it. But yeah, as you can see... it's not excactly that. hehe. I have posted one book report. and that was my first post. So, I thought that maybe I should post another one.
Here goes:
Title: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Author: Elizabeth George Speare
Written: 1958
Genre: Historical Fiction
Place of Publication: The Riverside Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Number of Pages: 249
Kit, the main character in the story, was raised by her grandfather on an island called Barbados. When her grandfather died, he died in debt, leaving Kit with no choice but to sell all the slaves, property, and most of her clothes that she owned. With no parents to turn to and barely any money left she had only one choice, she had to take a boat to Wethersfield, Connecticut and find her only known aunt and uncle. In the poor state that she was in, and the boat that was arriving soon, she didn't have time to write a letter to her aunt and uncle and wait for a response of whether they would accept her into their home or not. So she packed the few clothes of which she possessed and took the next boat, The Dolphin, to Connecticut. During her long days on the Dolphin she became well acquainted with a man by the name of Nathaniel Eaton, captain of the boat. When they arrived at Wethersfield, Nat was concerned about her aunt and uncle not waiting at the dock for her, so he took her to their house. He found out her aunt and uncle had no idea she was coming and he was stunned and upset about letting her ride the Dolphin without knowing this. Her aunt and uncle took her in despite no warning, her uncle definitely being the unhappy one in the bunch. While there, they made it clear that she had to start working around the house so that she could earn her keep. But while she was growing up she had slaves and people to wait on her, she never did anything herself. So she was a clumsy girl and had a difficult time mastering chores. To solve this, Kit and her sister started a school that taught kids how to read and write. Kit was very happy about this because she finally could do something and be good at it, but things went wrong and amongst the frustrations she ran away to a meadow to cry, where she meet an old widow. She became well acquainted with this elderly woman but when word got out that Kit was visiting her, rumors got out that Kit was practicing witchcraft because everyone believed this old widow was a witch. Everybody became even more suspicious when family's started getting sick and dying. All the blame went to Kit, putting both her and the Widow in danger. It's interesting from here on to see how all the problems are worked out and dealt with.
I definitely would recommend this book. I think girls may find it more interesting than guys, partially because a girl is the main character. I found this book very suspenseful and entertaining to read. Normally I don't like the classic books because of how they're written and it's hard to 'get into it'. But this book was very easy to read and follow. One of my favorite parts is when Kit jumps into the water to save a little girl's doll. It was cute and kind of funny. Hope you like the book just as much as I did.
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-Kayla
Comments
May. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by DaddysLioness
That's funny. I find it much harder to "get Into" most newer books. I say most, because there are some exceptions. A few are books like Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham JR.( if thats how you spell his name), Do Hard Things by Alex and Brett Harris, and the childhood of famous amaricans series, most books that aren't like DHT or FDF that are new (new being Pop-cultureish, Babysitters club and Amarican Girl [Amarican Girl isn't so bad] type, books) I don't like.
May. 25, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by palmzealot
Hey - I read that book years ago! If I remember right, I never finished it because I found it boring. :)
May. 27, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Jo
I've been meaning to read that book for a long time but I have never got the chance! I will have to now!
:::Jo:::