All of Speare’s novels showcase her elegant writing style and talent for creating vivid imagery. Similar to The Bronze Bow, The Witch of Blackbird Pond also received the Newbery Medal. This gripping and suspenseful story follows Katherine Tyler, a girl navigating the challenges of being an outcast in the Puritan society of colonial America. The book highlights Speare’s meticulous research of the era and setting.

Another well-researched work is The Sign of the Beaver, which portrays the friendship between a young Native American man and a young white settler in eighteenth-century Maine.

Commire, Anne, ed. Something About the Author. Vol. 5. Detroit: Gale Research, 1973. This volume provides an overview of Speare’s career, including her own reflections on her life and literary works.

Cosgrave, Mary Silvia. “Elizabeth George Speare—Newbery Award Winner.” Library Journal 84 (April 15, 1959): 1291–1292. A biographical sketch detailing Speare’s life.

Cross, Helen Reeder. “Elizabeth George Speare.” In Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books: 1956–1965, edited by Lee Kingman. Boston: Horn Book, 1965. Cross shares memories of her friendship with Speare and offers insights into Speare’s life, noting that for Speare, “home still comes first, writing second.”

Fuller, Muriel, ed. More Junior Authors. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1963. Speare contributes an autobiographical piece, focusing on her family life.

Speare, Elizabeth George. “Report of a Journey.” In Newbery and Caldecott Medal Books: 1956–1965, edited by Lee Kingman. Boston: Horn Book, 1965. This is Speare’s Newbery Medal acceptance speech, where she discusses her concerns while writing The Bronze Bow and explains how she developed the character Daniel.

Sutherland, Zena, and May Hill Arbuthnot. “Elizabeth George Speare.” In Children and Books. 7th ed. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1986. Provides a summary of The Bronze Bow, highlighting its darker themes.

Ballantine, W. G. 1891. Messianic prophecy. The Old and New Testament Student 12(5): 262–266.

Brewbaker, James M. 1984. So you think you know young adult literature. The English Journal 73(7): 58–59.

Byrne, Brendan. 2001. Interpreting Romans theologically in a post-“new perspective” perspective. The Harvard Theological Review 94(3): 227–241.

Hajjar, Lisa. 1998. Between a rock and a hard place: Arab women, liberal feminism and the Israeli state. Middle East Report 207 (Summer): 27.

Holy Bible: New International Version. 1984. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

Kellner, Menachem. 1986. Messianic postures in Israel today. Modern Judaism 6(2): 197–209.

Lahav, Pnina. 1974. The status of women in Israel: Myth and reality. The American Journal of Comparative Law 22(1): 107–129.

Schodde, George H. 1897. Israel’s place in universal history. The Biblical World 10(4): 272–276.

Shachter, Jaqueline. 1975. Meet the author on video tape. The Elementary School Journal 75(7): 401–407.

Sharoni, Simona. 1998. The myth of gender equality and the limits of women’s political dissent in Israel. Middle East Report 207 (Summer): 24–28.

Speare, Elizabeth George. 1957. Calico captive. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Speare, Elizabeth George. 1958. The witch of blackbird pond. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Speare, Elizabeth George. 1961. The bronze bow. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

Thuente, Mary Helen. 1985. Beyond historical fiction: Speare’s “The witch of blackbird pond.” The English Journal 74(6): 50–55.