The Witch of Blackbird Pond

图书标准信息

• 作者 Elizabeth George Speare 著
• 出版社 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• 出版时间 2011-01
• 版次 2
• ISBN 9780547550299
• 定价 68.20元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

KitTylerismarkedbysuspicionanddisapprovalfromthemomentshearrivesontheunfamiliarshoresofcolonialConnecticutin1867.Aloneanddesperate,shehasbeenforcedtoleaveherbelovedhomeontheislandofBarbadosandjoinafamilyshehasnevermet.Tornbetweenherquestforbelongingandherdesiretobetruetoherself,Kitstrugglestosurviveinahostileplace.Justwhenitseemsshemustgiveup,shefindsakindredspirit.ButKit’sfriendshipwithHannahTupper,believedbythecoloniststobeawitch,provesmoretaboothanshecouldhaveimaginedandultimatelyforcesKittochoosebetweenherheartandherduty.ElizabethGeorgeSpeare’sNewberyAward–winningnovelportraysaheroinewhomreaderswilladmireforherunwaveringsenseoftruthaswellasherinfinitecapacitytolove.In1687inConnecticut,KitTyler,feelingoutofplaceinthePuritanhouseholdofheraunt,befriendsanoldwomanconsideredawitchbythecommunityandsuddenlyfindsherselfstandingtrialforwitchcraft.

【作者简介】

ELIZABETHGEORGESPEARE(1908-1994)wonthe1959NewberyMedalforTheWitchofBlackbirdPondandthe1962NewberyMedalforTheBronzeBow.ShealsoreceivedaNewberyHonorin1983forTheSignoftheBeaver,andin1989shewaspresentedwiththeLauraIngallsWilderAwardforhersubstantialandenduringcontributiontochildren’sliterature.Ofherbeginingsasawriterworkingon?WitchofBlackbirdPond?shesaid:"ThenonedayIstumbledonatruestoryfromNewEnglandhistorywithacharacterwhoseemedtomeanidealheroine.ThoughIhadmyfirsthistoricalnovelalmostbyaccidentitsoonprovedtobeanabsorbinghobby."