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Description
Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1867. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave her beloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she has never met. Torn between her quest for... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Kit Tyler: Orphaned girl from Barbados
- Hannah Tupper: Old Quaker women who lives alone by Blackbird pond. Considered by some to be a witch.
- Nathaniel Eaton: The son Captian Eaton who is owner and captain of the ship Dolphin.
First Sentence
ON A MORNING in mid-April, 1687, the brigantine Dolphin left the open sea, sailed briskly across the Sound to the wide mouth of the Connecticut River and into Saybrook harbor.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Elizabeth George Speare (Author)
Awards
- Newbery Medal (1959, winner)
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