Lyddie
by Paterson Katherine | Children's Books | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0140349812 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0140349812 Global Overview for this book
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Paperback, 192 pages.
Her parents are gone, and her brother and sisters sent to live with other people. Lyddie Worthen is on her own. When Lyddie hears about the mill jobs in Lowell, Massachusetts, she heads there with the goal of earning enough money to reunite her family. Six days a week from dawn to dusk Lyddie and the other girls run weaving looms in the murky dust - and lint-filled factory. Lyddie learns to read - and to handle the menacing overseer. But when the working conditions begin to affect her friends' health, she has to make a choice. Will she speak up for better working conditions and risk her job - and her dream? Or will she stay quiet until it is perhaps too late?
Her parents are gone, and her brother and sisters sent to live with other people. Lyddie Worthen is on her own. When Lyddie hears about the mill jobs in Lowell, Massachusetts, she heads there with the goal of earning enough money to reunite her family. Six days a week from dawn to dusk Lyddie and the other girls run weaving looms in the murky dust - and lint-filled factory. Lyddie learns to read - and to handle the menacing overseer. But when the working conditions begin to affect her friends' health, she has to make a choice. Will she speak up for better working conditions and risk her job - and her dream? Or will she stay quiet until it is perhaps too late?
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Oh! What a lovely surprise! Thank you so much hakkalina!
This little book arrived together in an envelope with Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (a wishlist book.. and also another parcel containing 2 wishlist books). It's so very generous of you! The book sounds just like something I will enjoy, how did you know? ;)
Thanks again! ^_^
This little book arrived together in an envelope with Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (a wishlist book.. and also another parcel containing 2 wishlist books). It's so very generous of you! The book sounds just like something I will enjoy, how did you know? ;)
Thanks again! ^_^