The Witch Of Blackbird Pond Sparknotes

The book “The Witch of Blackbird Pond” was about this girl, Kit, who leaves her home in the Barbados to live with her Aunt and Uncle. Kit leaves her home because her grandfather had died. She was living with her grandfather because both of her parents had died. A man had bought the grandfather’s land and was playing to marry Kit even though Kit was only 16. She goes on a boat by herself with all strangers. When she is on the ship she dives into the water to reveal that she can swim. Some of the characters start to believe she is a witch because she can float. In the old days it was said that the non guilty sink and the guilty float. She meets Nat which Kit later on realizes that she loves him. Also on the ship she meets John. John shares his studies with Kit about owning his
own church. Once they get off the ship Kit cause to find her Aunt and Uncle’s home. Once Kit gets there her Aunt is very surprised because Kit did not tell them that she would be coming. She didn’t even tell her Aunt and Uncle why she came.
She later meets her cousins Judith and Mercy. Kit shows Judith and Mercy her dresses and gloves. As Judith and Mercy had the dresses on Kit’s uncle walks and gets frustrated with Kit. She tells her Uncle that she would be giving them the dresses. Her uncle says no because their family just not take her charity. Kit learns that she has to the Saturday meeting which is like a Sunday at church. Kit soon starts teaching children with Mercy. Kit plays a game with the children and then she cannot teach again until later now. After this happens Kit goes to hide out in the meadow by Blackbird Pond. She soon meets the “witch”. She learns that Hannah is actually not a witch she is just a nice old woman. She starts to go there often to talk about her feelings with Hannah. Her uncle told her she could not go back to Hannah’s house. Kit and Mercy began to teach again. Kit found Prudence, a young girl, outside of their house trying to hear the teachings so she could learn to read and write. Kit tells Prudence to go to Hannah’s house so she can teach her there. Kit soon meets William whom she is supposed to marry. William begins to build a house for
Kit. Kit is flattered but, realizes she does not love William. Kit soon begins to get blamed for being a witch. People find that she has wrote Prudence’s name over and over and thinks that is because she wants to kill her. Kit explains that she was teaching Prudence and not trying to kill her. Nat brings Prudence in to show that she could read and write because of Kit. Kit learns that she is in love with Nat. Nat and Kit would meet at Hannah’s house and talk for hours. Kit found out that Mercy was in love with John but, Judith was wanting to marry him. Turns out John actually loved Mercy. In the end Judith marries William and Mercy is with John. Kit soons leave with Nat to go traveling with him on the sea. I really enjoyed this book. I loved the way Kit didn’t really care about what people said. She taught Prudence without thinking about the consequences. Even though some people thought she was a witch she didn’t care. Kit was definitely a brave and adventurous person. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone. I would recommend this book because I feel like that people would really like reading about Kit and her adventures. Also at some parts it was hard to read but, the rest was very easy to read.