The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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Call Number: Y BOCD Fiction / Speare, Elizabeth, Kids BOCD / Fiction / Historical / Speare, Elizabeth George
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Downtown Kids 4-week checkout	Y BOCD Fiction / Speare, Elizabeth	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Kids A/V 4-week checkout	Kids BOCD / Fiction / Historical / Speare, Elizabeth George	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Unabridged.
Read by Mary Beth Hurt.
In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.

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Not my favorite Newbery winner submitted by klickitat on August 6, 2012, 8:55am First off, not my favorite Newbery. My main issue is that Kit is just too defiant to be either believable or sympathetic. Far be it from me to criticize a sassy heroine but Kit felt more like a transplant from the twentieth century than Barbados. And really? A long suffering, saint-like cripple character? Ack. But, on the positive side, I enjoyed Kit's unconventional contributions to the dame school. And this book did teach me the significance of the name Horn Book so I thank it for that.

Mary Beth Hurt does a fine job handling the diverse cast of characters' voices. I was going to quibble with her performance of Kit because she came off as a total priss but then I realized, Kit is a total priss, so well played, Madam.