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Lyddie

by Katherine Paterson
Melba Sibrel
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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.
"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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  • Release date

    December 5, 2017

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780525591399
      • File size: 192148 KB
      • Duration: 06:40:18

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Alyssa Bresnahan's "no-frills" delivery would have suited young Lyddie Worthen, the memorable title character in Paterson's novel of nineteenth-century New England factory life. The narration is plainspoken and unadorned like Lyddie herself. Without music, special effects or vocal characterizations, Bresnahan effectively evokes scenes of grim working conditions and the distinctive personalities of the working girls. Her sensitive reading dignifies Lyddie's struggles to earn some measure of financial security, to pull together the remnants of her family and to find her own place in the world. D.M.L. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      March 11, 1991
      In 1843, three years after her father abandons his failing Vermont farm, 10-year-old Lyddie and her younger brother Charles are hired out as servants, while Mama and the two youngest children go off to live with relatives. After spending a grueling year working in a tavern, Lyddie flees to Lowell, Mass., in hopes of finding a better job that will provide enough income to pay off farm debts and allow the family to be reunited. Life continues to be a struggle after she is employed in a cloth factory, but Lyddie finds refuge from wretched working conditions by burying herself in books. Learning that she cannot return home--the family farm has been sold to Quaker neighbors--the girl is seized by a burning desire to gain independence by attending college. Readers will sympathize with Lyddie's hardships and admire her determination to create a better life for herself. Paterson ( The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks ) clearly depicts the effects of poverty during the 19th century, focusing on the plight of factory workers enslaved by their dismal jobs. Impeccably researched and expertly crafted, this book is sure to satisfy those interested in America's industrialization period. Ages 10-14.

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 2, 1995
      Fourteen-year-old Lyddie sets out on her own when her family is split apart by debt. PW found this story, set in 1844, ``impeccably researched and expertly crafted.'' Ages 10-14.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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