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The Witch Of The Blackbird Pond Summary
The book I’m writing about today is called the witch of the blackbird pond. The book is by Elizabeth George Speare. She is know from a lot of people considering she has been called one of Americas popular writers. She wrote a lot of kid books but some adult books. She past away when she was 85 but since she claimed to be a christen she is with the Lord now.

The book is about a girl named kit. After Kits grandpa died, she has to go live with her aunt and learn how they do things and learn what they believe. The story takes place in 1687. Before kit go’s anywhere she was originally in Barbados. Though when she has to give up on living on her own she heads onto a bout called the Dolphin and travel to Wethersfield.

Kit is a 16-year-old girl who is adventures and loves to have fun. The other main characters are Aunt Rachel who is kits aunt. She is know in the story to be very pretty and protects anything she loves. Another character is Uncle Mathew who is kits uncle. He is stern and strict but loves Jesus and disagrees with anyone who doesn’t. Judith is kits cousin. She is pretty and because she is, she flirt with everyone though is pretty nice. The last main character is Mercy. She is kind and patient but suffered from a
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Here is a brief overview of the story. After kits grandpa dies she heads on to a bout called the dolphin to head over to her aunt who lives in Wethersfield though while on the bout everyone thinks she’s a witch because of a situation where she proves she can swim. When she arrives she hates it. Its not anything like Barbados though she dos find friends and she may even have so eyes set on some boys. Then as she gets a job at a school she gets accused for teaching kids something that is odd though during it she has someone to back her up. Finally, Kit realizes she was in love with a guy but it was almost to late until she boarded his ship to go back to Barbados then marries

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