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.
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"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
| ISBN: | 9780140373899 |
| Publication date: | 1st January 1995 |
| Author: | Katherine Paterson |
| Publisher: | Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
Historical Fiction PSHE: Siblings Children’s / Teenage: Social topics: Poverty / precarity Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Stories about Family and Friends |
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.
Lyddie features in the following genres: Historical Fiction, PSHE: Siblings, Children’s / Teenage: Social topics: Poverty / precarity, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, Stories about Family and Friends
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Lyddie was written by Katherine Paterson and published by Puffin Books an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group
Lyddie has 208 pages