I read this book first as a preteen many years ago. The story of a wayward, independent young girl stayed with me. Her loyalty to her friends and stubbornness always struck a chord with me. Reading it now as an adult, I still find it charming and the characters still interesting.
As a youth, it was easy to miss the history lesson of the first colonies. But the cruelty of the New England witch trials is given a fresh light in these pages.
There is a Jane Austen feel the way the characters settle in to the exact place they are supposed to.
Rereading this as an adult helped me see what I missed in the political reference I didn't understand as a preteen.
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A little disappointing, but not bad
It's still readable, but the condition it was in was a little disappointing. It's got a fair amount of highlighted parts, and hand written notes throughout, which I don't like visually, but it isn't too bad and doesn't make any of the text unreadable. It's a bit distracting, but I also think it's kind of neat because it seems like it was maybe a teacher or students copy and that they enjoyed it. The cover though, had a crusty ring on it, like food or something. As if someone had set a cup of soup or something on it and a little spilled over the edge and pooled at the bottom... Like a coffee ring, but it had what looked like dried food instead of dried coffee. I have autism spectrum disorder and touching the crusty food (or whatever was on it when I took it out of the package) was very bothersome, and actually really angered me for a moment and I nearly threw it away because of that... but I realized that's a me problem and fortunately decided to just set it aside until I was being more rational. That being said, it was a very disappointing and upsetting experience, but now that the book is clean and not crusty, I am very grateful that I have a copy of the book. Also, I was about to only give it three stars, due to the highlights, notes, and the bad experience of unexpectedly touching something gross and that shouldn't be on a book... but then I remembered just now, that they had included a bookmark that I really enjoyed so I am giving an extra star for that. Thank you for the book, and for the bookmark that reminds me of the Magic Treehouse books, which has been one of my favorite books series since I was gifted one in first grade.
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It's still readable, but the condition it was in was a little disappointing. It's got a fair amount of highlighted parts, and hand written notes throughout, which I don't like visually, but it isn't too bad and doesn't make any of the text unreadable. It's a bit distracting, but I also think it's kind of neat because it seems like it was maybe a teacher or students copy and that they enjoyed it. The cover though, had a crusty ring on it, like food or something. As if someone had set a cup of soup or something on it and a little spilled over the edge and pooled at the bottom... Like a coffee ring, but it had what looked like dried food instead of dried coffee. I have autism spectrum disorder and touching the crusty food (or whatever was on it when I took it out of the package) was very bothersome, and actually really angered me for a moment and I nearly threw it away because of that... but I realized that's a me problem and fortunately decided to just set it aside until I was being more rational. That being said, it was a very disappointing and upsetting experience, but now that the book is clean and not crusty, I am very grateful that I have a copy of the book. Also, I was about to only give it three stars, due to the highlights, notes, and the bad experience of unexpectedly touching something gross and that shouldn't be on a book... but then I remembered just now, that they had included a bookmark that I really enjoyed so I am giving an extra star for that. Thank you for the book, and for the bookmark that reminds me of the Magic Treehouse books, which has been one of my favorite books series since I was gifted one in first grade.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2022
