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Lyddie
Katherine Paterson
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · January 1, 1995
Reading lane: 19th‑Century US YA
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Who It's For
Book Details
- Authors
- Katherine Paterson
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- January 1, 1995
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- 19th‑Century US YA · 19th-Century U.S.
- Reading lane
- 19th‑Century US YA
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Publisher Categories
Sibling Stories
19th-Century U.S.
Homelessness & Poverty
About This Book
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...
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