From two-time Newbery award-winning author Katherine Paterson. When Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family farm's debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family once again. Hearing about all the money a girl can make working in the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, she makes her way there, only to find that her dreams of returning home may never come true. Includes an all-new common core aligned educator's guide. Rich in historical detail...a superb story of grit, determination, and personal growth. --The Horn Book, starred review Lyddie is full of life, full of lives, full of reality. --The New York Times Book Review An ALA Notable Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Booklist Editor's Choice American Bookseller Pick of the Lists School Library Journal Best Book Parents magazine Best Book
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0I really wish I had read this when I was in middle school because I know I would have loved it. Anyone who enjoyed books like [b:Catherine, Called Birdy|24137|Catherine, Called Birdy|Karen Cushman|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1167520363s/24137.jpg|25037] and [b:A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859|1638371|A Picture of Freedom The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia 1859 (Dear America)|Patricia C. McKissack|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1358036881s/1638371.jpg|557531] would love Lyddie. The main character Lyddie is a Vermont girl who is struggling to support her family on their farm after her father leaves to find better work. When a bear breaks into their little cabin, Lyddie and her family are separated and sent off to different households. Lyddie ultimately goes to work in a factory in Lowell, Massachusetts in order to pay off debts on the farm incurred by her mother and her two siblings who are too young to work and must rely on relatives. Lyddie's struggle to earn money to pay off the debt owed on the farm and provide for her family clash with a struggle to find herself in a strange new world in a big city entirely foreign to everything she's come to know. Lyddie is the type of strong, intelligent female character I always loved to read about and while the writing is really more suited to juvenile fiction than young adult, the story is inspiring and sweet. The ending was everything I could have hoped for and if you enjoy juvenile historical fiction, I'd definitely recommend it!
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