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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
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* "Rich in historical detail . . . a superb story of grit, determination, and personal growth."

Lyddie

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Published 1 January 1995
      ISBN-13 9780140373899
      978-0140373899
      ISBN-10 0140373896

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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

      Trade Review
      * "Rich in historical detail . . . a superb story of grit, determination, and personal growth."

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