
hey, so, this is pretty much the first time i've done a blog, so if it's really boring, just remember, im just learning! so, in class, we have this project, where we have to read independent novels, and then we have to write about them. the first book i've decided to write about is witch child. Witch child is about this girl, who lives in the 1600's and she lives in Europe. The book is all about her journey to america, hoping to be free, and start a new life. She flees from her home because her grandmother is murdered for suposedly being a witch. She knows her life is in danger if she stays, because they will want to kill her too. wether she's a witch or not, that's up to you to decide. I really liked this book, and thought that it was an easy read for me, and that it was really interesting, to see how different peoples beliefs, could become a huge problem, so much that, harmless people were killed. Mary, the main character, and the one telling the story, seems to me like a really nice girl, who just happened to live in the wrong time period, in the wrong places. she was a very kind, and gentle person, and never meant any harm to anyone. Reverend johnson the older pastor of the group, seemed to be kind of a snob. He seemed to think of himself as the best, and that everyone should listen to him, and that if you didn't follow his rules at all times, you were against him, and everyone else.I thought it was quite ignorant of the pastor, and the other people, to be so against the natives, and to not allow others, to associate with the natives. I really liked the natives, and how they showed Mary and Jonah the different plants, and helped them make jonah's book. They were really quite kind people, and willing to share their land, and their knowledge, but the people of beaulah(the ones who took it) thought differently, and pretty much just shoved them off of it, and starved them. For jaybird and his grandfather to come back, and show Jonah and Mary all these things, it showed they still had hope, that they could maybe help a few of them, if not all, and that they meant no harm. That is why I thought of the reverend Johnson ignorant, because obviously the natives meant no harm, but instead he didn't care, he just wanted the land, and the food. Then he turned around and started saying they were apart of the devil's plan, and not to talk to them. Overall, this book is really good, and if you haven't already read it, then I think you should; as long as you like adventure, and don't mind some religion, and some fantasy. It will leave you wondering how they could think so differently back then.