Lyddie

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Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s. Ten-year-old Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family farm's debts after their father abandons the family. Lyddie becomes determined to find a way to reunite her family. She works under grueling circumstances in order to make a better life for herself. Unfortunately, their house is sold before she has been able to save enough money to pay off the loan. But, in the interim Lyddie has taught herself to read and earned a college degree. An ALA Notable Book
9780140373899

Details

Guided Reading Level
V
Accelerated Reader Level
5.6
Lexile Reading Level
860
Fiction / Nonfiction
F
Author
Paterson, Katherine
Publisher
Penguin Random House LLC

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