About this title: After her father abandons his failing farm, ten-year-old Lyddie and her younger brother must leave the family to try to earn money to help pay their father's debts. After a stint at a tavern, Lyddie ends up working in a cloth factory, where a fellow worker introduces her to books. Determined to make a better life for herself, Lyddie immerses herself in reading, and when she learns that there is no home left to go to, decides she will use her new knowledge to help her go to college.
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140349818ISBN:0140349812
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140349818ISBN:0140349812
Description: Good. Paperback, Lightly creased, label residue to back but otherwise good condition. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780140349818ISBN:0140349812
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Description: Ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in good all round condition. Ships within 24 hours. pp., 200grams, ISBN: 0140349812. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140349818ISBN:0140349812
Description: Good. EX-LIBRARY WITH USUAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. USUAL SIGNS OF A WELL READ BOOK BUT GOOD OVERALL CONDITION SECURE DAILY POSTING FROM UK. 30 DAY GUARANTEE. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9781556908514ISBN:1556908512
Description: Very Good. This audio cassette has been used, and shows some light wear. This is an Ex-library audio cassette with the usual stamps/labels, with light wear on the cover, and has a remainder mark. Email sent when item shipped. We ship promptly in tear resistant mailers and promise you excellent professional customer service. Delivery confirmation available on all shipments. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780140349818ISBN:0140349812
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 182 p. Audience: Children/juvenile. Never read, very lite tanning, otherwise cover and inside practically like new. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Puffin
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780140373899ISBN:0140373896
Description: Good. No Jacket. Corners/Edges Shelf Worn, Ex-Library Copy With Usual Markings, Sm. Tear On Spine, Interior Unmarked, Good Copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Trumpet Club
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780440847083ISBN:0440847087
Description: Good. Clean pages; previous owner note to inside cover; stamp to flyleaf; book cover; Average used book, may have price sticker on front cover, and moderate shelfwear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Date Published: 1991-03-14
ISBN-13:9780525673385ISBN:0525673385
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Ex Libaray copy with DJ in mylar. DJ sound and intact with light wearing. Old barcode to mylar cover. DJ taped to boards. Boards with light edge rubbing but solid and clean. Int with all normal library markings but still clean and sound interior with NO Markings to any text pages. read more
"Katherine Paterson is masterful in creating vividly real characterization in this book. It seems that the reader knows Lyddie personally. Far from being perfect, Lyddie is tough, ambitious, independent and knows how to work. After fighting off a bear, Lyddie is orphaned and then separated from her siblings. The time and place are Lowell textile factories in Massachusetts. In desperation, Lyddie becomes one of the factory girls. Some background education about the textile mills would be helpful in understanding much of the terminology and references made to the equipment and work in the mill. This book is probably best for older, junior high or high school readers. There are references to child molestation and an out of wedlock relationship and pregnancy that could be confusing for young children."
"Well, I must say. The first 5 chapters at least are quite tedious. Not altogether but quite. Perhaps it will pick up.
Setting: Vermont
Lydia understands that working for the Cutlers, she is a slave almost as much as Ezekiel is. One of the differences though is that there are no bounty hunters looking for her.
New Setting: Lowell, Massachusetts
Not only do the mill agents want the weavers to take a piece rate reduction but they want them to take on four looms each, in effect, producing more for less while the agents line their own pockets. It's a dangerous place to work with no OSHA regulations. 13-hour days. Forced to attend church. Curfew."
"Aimed at middle school readers, but with romance and more young adult conflicts, the novel is suitable for high school readers. The novel, set in New England in the early 1800's, illustrates the effects of the Industrial Revolution. Lyddie's family has only their farm, which is not producing enough to support the family. When Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay debts, Lyddie determines she will try to reunite the family and move heaven and earth to keep ownership of their farm in the family. Her struggle as a servant, then as a millworker, and the conflicts she must solve along the way make this novel worthy as a good portrait of a time and situation in history and a story well worth discussing. Positive."
"i acually liked this book! im surprised i did becuz i usually like realistic fiction, levey dubby stories or fantasy! but i learned a LOT! it was very detailed and very good! i really liked it! we also went 2 the mills so i got a full experience!"
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