ELIZABETH G SPEARE Bücher

Sixteen-year-old Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from the moment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticut in 1687. 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 belonging and her desire to be true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place. Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit. But Kit's friendship with Hannah Tupper, believed by the colonists to be a witch, proves more taboo than she could have imagined and ultimately forces Kit to choose between her heart and her duty. Elizabeth George Speare won the 1959 Newbery Medal for this portrayal of a heroine whom readers will admire for her unwavering sense of truth as well as her infinite capacity to love.

Kit Tyler must leave behind shimmering Caribbean islands to join the stern Puritan community of her relatives. She soon feels caged, until she meets the old woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond. But when their friendship is discovered, Kit herself is accused of witchcraft!

Sechs Wochen, höchstens sieben, soll der 12-jährige Matt allein auf das selbstgezimmerte Blockhaus aufpassen, bis der Vater auch die restliche Familie auf das neuerworbene Stück Land in der Wildnis geholt hat. Als dem Jungen seine Vorräte und sein Gewehr gestohlen werden, gerät er in Lebensgefahr. Ein alter Indianer und sein Enkel Attean retten ihn. Dafür versucht Matt, dem Indianerjungen die Schrift der Weißen beizubringen. Doch es zeigt sich, dass auch Matt von dem Indianerjungen noch viel zu lernen hat.