The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare.
I definitely couldn't put it down. It went by too quickly--you have to applaud an author who researched her time and place so well, and then kept the dry details to herself. I happen to like dry details--if well written--but I liked this, too.
If I'd read it as a kid and was now re-reading it, it would have been a prime candidate for The Suck Fairy . I would have "...dreamed in extra details the book never mentioned." Because the fascinating characters--especially the "witch" and the young sailor, Nat--are just the sort to escape the covers of the book and sail off into new adventures.
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