Kit is forced to choose between heart and duty in this memorable tale of friendship and bravery that's still relevant today. When she finally makes friends with a special woman, she is brandished as an outcast during the dangerous era of witchcraft trials. "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" tells the story of Kit, a teenager who must leave her beloved tropical home in Barbados and travel by sea to cold, gray, puritanical Connecticut, where she's seen as an outsider. When I was 11, I read a book I still love and recommend to kids today. "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare Great for second- and third-graders, this book also resonates with older kids on days they feel a little bit small. This sly picture book captures a feeling every kid knows: when adults just don't get it. Treehorn has a problem: He's shrinking and he can't get anyone to believe him! His parents ask him to stop slouching at the dinner table, his bus driver is convinced that he is his younger brother and his teacher doesn't understand why he can't reach the water fountain. "The Shrinking of Treehorn" by Florence Parry Heide
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