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This book is about an orphane girl named Katherine Tyler,

Setting: 1687-1688, Puritan settlement of

Wethersfield in the Connecticut Colony.

Protagonist: Kit Tyler, an orphan, who has fled

from a sheltered life in Barbados to find refuge with

her family in Connecticut.

Conflicts: The novel's main conflicts include Kit's

internal conflict between her love for the relaxed,

exotic setting of Barbados and her dislike of bleak,

repressive New England; an external conflict

between the Quaker woman and the Puritan settlers

who accuse her (and later Kit) of witchcraft;

an external conflict between the settlers who favor

freedom from the English crown and the Royalists

who maintain allegiance to King James.

Resolution: Kit finds true love and a new life

with Nat; the Quaker woman is rescued and

Kit is found innocent of witchcraft; the settlers

keep their charter, which preserves their

independence.

Themes: People will struggle and suffer for freedom.

Gripped by mass hysteria, people can turn into

a mob and persecute someone perceived as different.

Of Special Note: Meticulously researched historical

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