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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

by Elizabeth George Speare

Book Details

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 1958
Language: en
Pages: 249
ISBN: 9780547550299
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

Confidence: 85%

Content Intensity

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2
💥ViolenceLow
2
❤️Love & RomanceLow
1
🧠Mental HealthVery low
0
💬!*$#LanguageNone
0
🍷🚬Substance UseNone
3
😨Fear / HorrorModerate

Story Themes

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0
🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
0
🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
0
Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

In this Newbery Medal-winning novel, a girl faces prejudice and accusations of witchcraft in seventeenth-century Connecticut. A classic of historical fiction that continues to resonate across the generations. 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.

Themes & Topics

YOUNG ADULT FICTIONJuvenile FictionClassicsFamilyMultigenerationalGirls & WomenHistoricalUnited StatesColonial & Revolutionary PeriodsHolidays & CelebrationsHalloweenSocial ThemesFriendshipPrejudice & RacismReligion & FaithEmotions & Feelings
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