As a factory girl, she will earn a wage-and be free. It is the promise of a new and better life that finally prompts Lyddie to journey to the mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts. If their long-gone father would return and set things right. Was the end really near, as their mother had said when she fled with the babies after the hungry bear had broken into their Vermont farm house? That winter of 1843, the two children had been left to fend for themselves.

The dept-ridden farm had been let to neighbor, and she and her brother had been hired out. She was no better than a slave, Lyddie thought.

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Lyddie and her brother attempt to make some money as servants, but she has higher aspirations. Lyddie has to take charge of her family during a time of great struggle, since their farm is seriously in debt. With a father out seeking his fortune in the Gold Rush and a mother who is losing her mind, thirteen-year-old Lyddie has to step up and take responsibility for her family. This popular education title is both inspirational and page-turning, as it offers a detailed glimpse into the power of the human spirit. Not only does Lyddie tell the powerful narrative of a young girl growing up, it also discusses and highlights the history of an early America. Written by two-time Newbery winning author Katherine Paterson, Lyddie is the story of one thirteen-year-old girl's struggle to save her family.

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