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03005aam a22003973 4500 001 8F0ABA885E2211E78DAED5EDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170701010015 008 080728s2008 xx 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9780142402542 020 $a 0142402540 020 $a 1439516251 020 $a 9781439516256 035 $a (OCoLC)236356433 040 $a BTCTA $c BTCTA $d BAKER $d IX2 $d SILO 100 1 $a Paterson, Katherine. 245 10 $a Lyddie. / $c Katherine Paterson 260 $a New York : $b Puffin Books, $c 1992, c1991. 300 $a 182 p. : $c 18 cm. 440 0 $a Puffin Modern Classics 520 0 $a Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s. A powerful work of historical ficiton from multi-award-winning author Katherine Paterson When Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family's farm debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family once again. Hearing about all the money a girl can make working at the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, she makes her way there, only to find that her dreams of returning home may never come true. 520 0 $a 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. ---Publishers Weekly Review 521 $a Ages 10-14 650 0 $a Young Readers 650 0 $a Youth fiction 650 0 $a Self-reliance $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Work $v Fiction. 650 00 $a Factories $v Fiction. 650 00 $a Textile workers. $v Fiction 651 0 $a Lowell (Mass.) $v Fiction. 651 7 $a United States $x Fiction. $y 1815-1861 $x Fiction. 720 $a Paterson, Katherine 941 $a 1 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20220209010734.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8F0ABA885E2211E78DAED5EDDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search